View of the Neumarkt in Dresden from the Jüdenhofe

View of the Neumarkt in Dresden from the Jüdenhofe from 1749 documents one of Dresden's most elegant squares before its destruction in the Seven Years' War. The Frauenkirche dome dominates the skyline in one of Bellotto's finest pre-war Dresden views. 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 canvases feature a sharper, more northerly light a...

The panoramic urban view is rendered with crystalline precision, the Baroque architecture and animated street life captured with the cool, sharp light that characterizes Bellotto's Saxon work.