Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge

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Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge

Artist	Bernardo Bellotto
Year	1747
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	132 cm × 236 cm (52 in × 93 in)
Location	Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge is an oil on canvas by the Italian urban landscape painter Bernardo Bellotto. Painted in 1747, it depicts the view of Dresden from the right bank of the River Elbe, including the Dresden Frauenkirche, the Dresden Cathedral, and the Augustus Bridge. One year later, he painted another piece titled Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge, looking in the other direction from below the Augustus Bridge. Both of the paintings are in the permanent collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.^[1]^[2] The paintings have proved invaluable in rebuilding parts of the city that were destroyed during World War II.

Lists of replicas

Between 1751 and 1753, Bellotto also executed smaller replicas of the two paintings.^[3] There are some other replicas from his own hand.

View of Dresden with the Frauenkirche at Left, 1747, North Carolina Museum of Art.^[4]
Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge, ca. 1750, National Gallery of Ireland.^[5]
Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge, 1751–53, Private Collection.^[6] Lent to the Getty Museum since 2016.