THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited 22 Jul 2021 - 31 Oct 2021 The National Gallery, London, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN Immunity from Seizure IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited 22 Jul 2021 - 31 Oct 2021 The National Gallery, London, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN The National Gallery is able to provide immunity from seizure under part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK. The conditions are: The object is usually kept outside the UK It is not owned by a person resident in the UK Its import does not contravene any import regulations It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act The borrowing museum has published information about the object For further enquiries, please contact [email protected] Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed in this document, which are intended to form part of the forthcoming exhibition, Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited. Copyright Notice: no images from these pages should be reproduced without permission. Immunity from Seizure Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited 22 Jul 2021 - 31 Oct 2021 Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed below: Bernardo Bellotto (1722 - 1780) X11143 The Fortress of Königstein from the North-West 1756-58 Place of manufacture: Germany Oil on canvas Object dimensions: 133 × 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1993.8.1 Lender's name and address National Gallery of Art (Washington DC) Sixth Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20565 USA Accession Number Inv. 1993.8.1 Provenance: Commissioned from the artist by Frederick Augustus II (1696–1763), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (as Augustus III), in Dresden, by the spring of 1756; probably Henry Temple, second Viscount Palmerston (1739–1802), London, and by descent to his son Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), who served as prime minister 1855–8 and 1859–65, with two other pictures from the Königstein series; by whom sold, Foster’s, London, 5 November 1850, lot 290, for £99 15s to ‘Anderson’, probably for Henry, fourth Earl Beauchamp (1784–1863), Madresfield Court, Worcestershire, and by descent to Else, Countess Beauchamp (1895–1989); sold at Sotheby’s, London, 11 December 1991, lot 18, to Bernheimer Fine Arts Ltd and Meissner Fine Art Ltd, London, from whom acquired on 3 June 1993 by the National Gallery of Art. *Note that this object has a complete provenance for the years 1933-1945.