Johann Zoffany
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Secular Narratives, Historic Narratives, Mythological Narratives, Portraiture, Genre Subjects Art Work
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Johann Zoffany |
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German |
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1733 |
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1810 |
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Secular Narratives, Historic Narratives, Mythological Narratives, Portraiture, Genre Subjects |
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Biography
(born Zauffaly or Zauffelij, Johann(es) (Josephus)
Painter born near Frankfurt, mainly remembered for his minutely detailed, richly colored English Conversation Pieces and theatre pictures; known as a cultured, complex and versatile artist. He also painted religious and mythological works, and large-scale fresco and oil decorations in the German Rococo style. In the 1770s he painted Baroque court portraits in life-scale for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, as well as genre pictures of Italian low-life and peasant festivals. |
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