Johann Gottfried Auerbach
Illustration — Self Portrait before the Easel with the profile portrait of Empress Elisabeth Christine, 1737 Johann Gottfried Auerbach (28 October 1697 – 5 August 1753) was an Austrian painter and etcher. He painted primarily portraits and battle genre works. Some of his works can be found at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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Johann Gottfried Auerbach
Johann Gottfried Auerbach · Dorotheum (original uploader:Gryffindor) · Public domain
- Born
- 1697 · Mühlhausen/Thuringia.
- Died
- 1753 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Illustration — Self Portrait before the Easel with the profile portrait of Empress Elisabeth Christine, 1737 Johann Gottfried Auerbach (28 October 1697 – 5 August 1753) was an Austrian painter and etcher. He painted primarily portraits and battle genre works. Some of his works can be found at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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In 1735, he was appointed Imperial Court Painter by Emperor Charles VI. In 1750, he became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Johann Gottfried Auerbach is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Museo del Prado, National Portrait Gallery, Royal Castle in Warsaw and Kunsthistorisches Museum.
• Illustration — Charles VI wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece, c. 1730s, Hofburg Palace, Vienna • Illustration — Empress Elisabeth Christine, c. 1735, misidentified as Archduchess Maria Theresa, unidentified location • Illustration — Archduchess Maria Theresa, c. 1724, Prado Museum, Madrid • Illustration — Archduchess Maria Anna, 1744, property of the Royal House of Hanover • Illustration — Archduchess Maria Amalia, 1724, Prado Museum, Madrid • Illustration — Emperor Franz I, 1752, Private collection • Illustration — Portrait of an Archduchess of Austria, possibly Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma, Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland, or Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress, before 1753, unidentified location • Illustration — Eugen von Savoyen, or Eugene of Savoy, c. 1725, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Karl Egon I. zu Fürstenberg - J. G. Auerbach, c. 1750 (photographed c. 1913 in Knight's hall in Křivoklát Castle)
Johann Gottfried Auerbach · CECHNER, Antonín a Josef HLÁVKA. Topographie der historischen und Kunst-Denkmale im königreiche Böhmen von der Urzeit bis zum Anfange des XIX. Jahrhunderts, XXXIV., I. Teil: Der politische Bezirk Rako
Self-portrait in front of the easel with the profile portrait of Empress Elisabeth Christine (1697 - 1753), mother of Empress Maria Theresa (1717 - 1780)
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Mühlhausen/Thuringia.
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- 1.Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Ernest Gründ. 1924.
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