Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder

Franciszek Ksawery Lampi, Józef Brodowski the Elder and Aleksander Kokular are recorded as having studied under Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of the Architect La Tour and Count Stanislas Potocki and His Two Sons. Work by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Nationalmuseum, National Galleries Scotland, Royal Castle in Warsaw and Hessen Kassel Heritage.

• Name — Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder • Born — 31 December 1751 • Birthplace — Romeno, County of Tyrol • Died — 11 February 1830 • Place of death — Vienna, Austrian Empire

Johann Baptist Lampi was born at Romeno in the County of Tyrol to Matteo, or Matthias, Lampi (1698–1780), a decorative painter. Frescoes by his father may be found in many elegant buildings there. He studied art under his father in Verona and later in Salzburg. In 1773 he went to Trento, where he learned to become a portraitist in canvases and miniatures. He travelled to Innsbruck, then to Vienna, where the Emperor Joseph II appointed him a professor at the Vienna Academy in 1786. That same year, he was invited to Warsaw by the court of King Stanisław II Augustus (pictured). He worked in Warsaw until the complete military Partitions of Poland. In 1791, he moved to Saint Petersburg where the Empress gave him a hereditary knighthood. In Russia he devoted himself to portrait painting, and amassed a large fortune. He painted the Empress Catherine II and Empress Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) among others. He returned to Vienna in 1797 and became its honorary citizen in 1799. Pensioned in 1822, he died at Vienna on 11 February 1830. Both of his sons were also accomplished painters. The older one, Johann Baptist the Younger stayed first with him and later by himself in Russia for 13 years. His younger son, Francesco, or Franz Xaver (born in Klagenfurt in 1783) settled at Warsaw in Congress Poland for the rest of his life, estranged from his father. He became known as Franciszek Ksawery Lampi in Polish. He painted portraits and landscapes, exhibited at Warsaw Salons, and opened an art school there in 1841. In 1823 he travelled to Vienna, Lublin, and in 1830 to Vilna. After the November Uprising against the Russians, he spent a few years in Wrocław. In 1840 he visited Dresden, Berlin and Munich. He returned to Warsaw where he died in 1852.

• Illustration — King Stanisław II August (1788-1789), National Museum in Warsaw • Illustration — Countess Zavadskaya with her daughter • Illustration — Catherine II of Russia (circa 1791), Łazienki Palace • Illustration — Osip Mikhailovich de Ribas

The authorities additionally record the headings Giovanni Battista Lampi the Elder, Giovanni Battista Lampi, Johann Baptist von Lampi der Ältere, Jan Chrzciciel Lampi and Johann Baptist Lampi I. His recorded language was Italian. He was the child of Matthias Lamp. He married Anna Maria Franchi. 2 children are recorded: Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger and Franciszek Ksawery Lampi.