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| Bernardo Bellotto |
His style was characterized by the specific quality of each place's lighting. as well as an elaborate capturing of architectural or natural features.
Traveling through Italy he visited Rome, Florence, Turin, Milan and Verona and created memorable images of each city. From 1747 to 1758 he moved to Dresden, following an invitation of King August III of Poland. He created various paintings of the cities Dresden and Pirna and their surroundings. Today, these paintings personate a memory of Dresden's beauty, which was destroyed in the bombing during World War II.