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| Keywords: Festung Königstein 1756-1758 Canaletto.jpg artwork Creator Bernardo Bellotto title Festung Königstein The Fortress of Königstein 1756-1758 oil on canvas cm 133 235 7 Gallery 31 http //www nga gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page 80924 html National Gallery of Art Washington DC credit line Patrons' Permanent Fund accession number 1993 8 1 Institution National Gallery of Art object history Commissioned by Friedrick Augustus III king of Poland and elector of Saxony 1696-1763; Henry Temple 2nd viscount Palmerston 1739-1802 London; Henry John Temple 3rd viscount Palmerston 1784-1865 London; who gave it perhaps to pay a debt to William Lygon 1st earl Beauchamp 1747-1816 Madresfield Court Worcestershire; by inheritance to Else Countess Beauchamp 1895-1989;4 sale Sotheby's London 11 December 1991 no 18 ; Bernheimer Fine Arts Ltd London and Munich and Meissner Fine Art Ltd Zurich and London ; sold 3 June 1993 to NGA Festung Königstein in der Sächsischen Schweiz National Gallery of Art PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Bellotto Fortress of Königstein National Gallery of Art Paintings by Bernardo Bellotto Paintings from Italy in the National Gallery of Art Festung Königstein Paintings of castles 1750s landscape paintings Landscape paintings of Germany 18th-century paintings of buildings | ||||
