Johann Dominik Bossi
Illustration — Self-portrait (1801), National Museum in Warsaw Johann Dominik Bossi (1767–1853), also known as Domenico Bossi, was a painter. Bossi, a student of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, was born in Trieste and worked primarily as a miniaturist in Germany, Austria, Sweden and Russia before he settled down in Munich, where he lived at Theresien Straße 19 in Munich around 1850. In Munich he was appointed a court painter.
Also recorded as Domenico Bossi · Giovanni Domenico Bossi · Dominic Bossi · Domeniko Bossi
Johann Dominik Bossi
Johann Dominik Bossi · cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl · Public domain
- Born
- 1767. · Trieste.
- Died
- 1853. · Munich.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Known for
- Portrait of Alexander I Romanov (1777-1825).
- Languages
- Italian.
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Illustration — Self-portrait (1801), National Museum in Warsaw Johann Dominik Bossi (1767–1853), also known as Domenico Bossi, was a painter. Bossi, a student of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, was born in Trieste and worked primarily as a miniaturist in Germany, Austria, Sweden and Russia before he settled down in Munich, where he lived at Theresien Straße 19 in Munich around 1850. In Munich he was appointed a court painter.
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Bossi was the founder of a collection, which included a significant group of Tiepolo drawings amongst others. The collection passed to his daughter, Maria Theresa Caroline Bossi (1825–1881), and her husband, Carl Christian Friedrich Beyerlen (1826–1881). The Bossi-Beyerlen collection was sold at auction in Stuttgart and dispersed in March 1882.
The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hamburg, Stockholm and Saint Petersburg. Positions recorded include court painter. Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Alexander I Romanov (1777-1825). Work by Johann Dominik Bossi is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum and National Museum in Warsaw.
Ulrika Magdalena Levin, 1771-1828, married 1.
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1767
Johann Dominik Bossi born at Trieste.
1853
Johann Dominik Bossi died at Munich.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Domenico Bossi, Giovanni Domenico Bossi, Dominic Bossi, Domeniko Bossi and Domenico (1767) Bossi. His recorded language was Italian.
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Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Rijksmuseum
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