Bellotto
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In 1938, the Jewish department-store magnate Max Emden, who left Germany before the Nazis took power, sold three city views by the 18th-century painter Bernardo Bellotto to an art buyer for Hitler.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021
Tinterow said that after the Monuments Men Foundation contacted him, he became aware the museum’s online provenance information about the painting was incorrect, because it conflated the provenance of both Emden’s and Moser’s Bellotto paintings.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021
Mayor Klaus-Peter Hanke said the city had only recently made efforts to capitalize on the brightly repainted and repaired historic downtown, immortalized in the paintings of Bernardo Bellotto in the 18th century.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2013
In his youth,Bel-lotto aped his uncle's style and signed his canvases "Bernardo Bellotto Canaletto," a quirk that has caused confusion among collectors ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the walls of the dining-room I saw a charming Bellotto, and there was a pair of Zoffanys that I envied.
From Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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