Václav Bernard Ambrosi

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

Wenzel Bernhard 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 courtpainter 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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This article incorporates text from the article "AMBROZY, Wenzel Bernhard" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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