Tag: Saxony

Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (c.1760)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 49.3 × 79.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Well trained by his uncle, Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto quickly established…

A Prince of Saxony (c.1517)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Prince of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.7 x 34.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pair: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Saxony (Germany)

A Princess of Saxony (c.1517)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) A Princess of Saxony c.1517 Oil on panel, 43.4 x 34.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the lap up, a young girl with pale, peachy skin and long, light brown hair wears a crimson-red…

Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia (1763)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia (View of Pirna in Saxony) 1763 Oil on canvas, 47 x 76.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein 1750s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     See also:…

Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise (1529)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise 1529 Oil on lime, 80 × 114 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Among Cranach’s duties as saxon court painter was to preserve important scenes of courtly life in his pictures.…

Hartenfels Castle (Torgau)

Address: Schloßstraße 27, 04860 Torgau, Germany Opened: 1470 Hartenfels Castle in Art: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     See also: • Castles | Torgau, Saxony (Germany)

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle (1540)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…

Robert Siodmak

(1900–1973) Filmography as Actor: The Dark Mirror 1946 Director: Robert Siodmak Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres   Born August 8 1900 Dresden (Germany) Died March 10 1973 Ascona (Switzerland) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Film Director Awards German Film Award

Pirna, Obertor dal Sud (mid-1750s)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Pirna, Obertor dal Sud (Pirna: The Obertor from the South) mid-1750s Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 78.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bellotto was Canaletto’s nephew and student who himself was to become an internationally…