Marcello Bacciarelli (1731-1818)

• Was a Polish-Italian painter of the late-baroque and Neoclassic periods.

• He was born in Rome, and studied there under Marco Benefial.

• Marcello was recruited to Dresden in Saxony, where he was employed by Elected King Augustus III of Poland.

• After the death of King Augustus, Marcello went to Vienna, and thence to Warsaw.

• In Dresden, he met Bernardo Bellotto and worked with this Italian painter throughout his life.

• He was recruited by King Stanisław II Augustus in 1766 to become the Director of the newly founded Royal Buildings and Estates. 

• In Dresden, he married Federicka Richter, a woman painter known for miniature portraits.

• After Napoleon's rise to power he moved to the Duchy of Warsaw, a client state of the First French Empire and died in 1818. 

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