Wenzel Bernhard Ambrozy (2 July 1723 – 26 April 1806) was a Czech painter. Ambrozy, who was born at Kuttenberg, in

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, in 1723, received instruction in art at

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from his brother Joseph, who was a miniature painter. He was court painter to

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, and the last president of the

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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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