The Altmark, Dresden, from Schlossstrasse

The Altmark, Dresden from Schlossstrasse depicts one of Dresden's principal public spaces, part of Bellotto's comprehensive documentation of the Saxon capital. These views, created before the city's devastation in the Seven Years' War, preserve irreplaceable records of Dresden's Baroque splendor. Bellotto arrived in Dresden in 1747, working for Elector Frederick Augustus II, and produced eighteen monumental views establishing his reputation independent of his uncle Canaletto. His Dresden canv...

The urban panorama is rendered with precise perspective and architectural detail, the street life animated by carefully observed figures going about their daily activities.