The German painter Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the Leipziger Tischbein, was part of the Tischbein painters dynasty and seen as one of the best portrait painters of his time. He was... Read full biography
The German painter Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the Leipziger Tischbein, was part of the Tischbein painters dynasty and seen as one of the best portrait painters of his time. He was born in 1750. Tischbein seems to be strongly influenced by the work of artists such as Thomas... Read full biography
The German painter Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the Leipziger Tischbein, was part of the Tischbein painters dynasty and seen as one of the best portrait painters of his time. He was born in 1750. Tischbein seems to be strongly influenced by the work of artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. As one of the first portraitists of his generation he portrayed the new views on art, society and being human. In 1780, Tischbein was appointed court painter to the... Read full biography
The German painter Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the Leipziger Tischbein, was part of the Tischbein painters dynasty and seen as one of the best portrait painters of his time. He was born in 1750. Tischbein seems to be strongly influenced by the work of artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. As one of the first portraitists of his generation he portrayed the new views on art, society and being human. In 1780, Tischbein was appointed court painter to the German Friedrick Karl August, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont. During this period he regularly travelled to the Dutch Republic, where he also received commissions from the nobility and well-to-do bourgeoisie (including Stadholder Willem V van Oranje). In... Read full biography
The German painter Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the Leipziger Tischbein, was part of the Tischbein painters dynasty and seen as one of the best portrait painters of his time. He was born in 1750. Tischbein seems to be strongly influenced by the work of artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. As one of the first portraitists of his generation he portrayed the new views on art, society and being human. In 1780, Tischbein was appointed court painter to the German Friedrick Karl August, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont. During this period he regularly travelled to the Dutch Republic, where he also received commissions from the nobility and well-to-do bourgeoisie (including Stadholder Willem V van Oranje). In 1795 he was invited to Dessau by Duke Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau. In 1806 he left for Saint Petersburg to s... Read full biography
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PORTRAIT OF AMALIE VON LEVETZOW, NÉE VON BRÖSIGKE, LATER COUNTESS OF KLEBELSBERG (1788-1868), STANDING FULL LENGTH ON A TERRACE, WEARING A WHITE SILK DRESS WITH A PINK SHAWL, WITH A DOVE