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Václav Bernard Ambrosi

Václav Bernard Ambrosi

Czech painter (1723–1806)

Wenzel Bernhard Ambrozy (2 July 1723 – 26 April 1806) was a Czech painter.

Fainting Esther before Ahasuerus (Left), and Coronation of Esther (Right), both oil on copper, late 18th century

Ambrozy, who was born at Kuttenberg, in Bohemia, in 1723, received instruction in art at Prague from his brother Joseph, who was a miniature painter. He was court painter to Maria Theresa, and the last president of the Painters' Guild at Prague. He painted portraits and altar-pieces in oil, but was also famous for his frescoes, which adorn many of the churches and castles of Prague, and other places in Bohemia. He died in 1806.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Ambrozy, Wenzel Bernhard". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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