Johann Baptist Scheffer
Johann Baptist Scheffer (1765–1809) was a Dutch painter and printmaker.
Also recorded as Johan Bernard Scheffer; Jean Baptiste Scheffer; Jean-Baptiste Scheffer; J. B. Scheffer; Johann Bernhard Scheffer; Johann-Bernhard Scheffer.
Johann Baptist Scheffer in brief
- Born
- 1765
- Died
- 1809
- Known for
- painter and printmaker
- Place of birth
- Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Overview
Born at Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in 1765, died at Amsterdam in 1809.
In detail
the recorded working language is Dutch.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history and portrait.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Utrecht, Dordrecht and Rotterdam. Positions recorded include court painter.
Works named in the authority record are Joanna Cornelia Ziesenis-Wattier (1762-1827). Toneelspeelster, in de rol van Elfride in het gelijknamige toneelstuk van Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Portrait of Gerrit van der Pot, Lord of Groeneveld, Art Collector in Rotterdam.
Work by Johann Baptist Scheffer is recorded in the collections of Centraal Museum, Dordrechts Museum, Musée de la Vie romantique, Rijksmuseum and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
Sources
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- 1.
“Johan Bernard Scheffer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q6215626: Johann Baptist Scheffer
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Elsewhere in Prints
4,109 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Johann Balthasar BullingerEngraver
- Johann Baptist Dallinger von DallingEngraver
- Johann Baptist FrenerEngraver
- Johann Baptist IsenringEngraver
- Johann Christian BrandEngraver
- Johann Christian ReinhartEngraver
- Johann Christoph StorerEngraver
- Johann Elias HaidEngraver
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