John Giles Eccardt
John Giles Eccardt (c. 1720 – 1779) was a German-born British painter who specialised in portrait painting. He came to England in the company of the French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo for whom he worked as an assistant.
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John Giles Eccardt
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- John Giles Eccardt was born in 1720. · Germany.
- Died
- John Giles Eccardt died in 1779. · Chelsea.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- German
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John Giles Eccardt (c. 1720 – 1779) was a German-born British painter who specialised in portrait painting. He came to England in the company of the French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo for whom he worked as an assistant.
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When Van Loo left England, Eccardt remained and set up a portrait-painting business. In the following years he painted portraits of a number of leading members of British society, including twenty-six paintings of his chief patron Horace Walpole. Eccardt died in 1779.
The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by John Giles Eccardt is recorded in the collections of National Portrait Gallery, Ham House, Kenwood House, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery and Musea Brugge.
• Illustration — William Monckton-Arundell, 2nd Viscount Galway • Illustration — Conyers Middleton • Illustration — Thomas Gray • Illustration — Horace Walpole • Illustration — Henry Pelham
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John Giles Eccardt was born at Germany.
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John Giles Eccardt died at Chelsea.
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