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Joseph Kranzinger

Joseph Kranzinger (alternatively Krantzinger; 14 February 1731 in Mattsee – 27 March 1775 in Versailles) was an Austrian Rococo style pastel painter, best remembered for being commissioned by the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi to paint a portrait of Marie Antoinette in 1769, and for a later painting of the French queen which was misattributed to Jean-Étienne Liotard.

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Joseph Kranzinger

Joseph Kranzinger, Marie Antoinette in a red hunting habit, 1772

Joseph Kranzinger · Public domain

Born
1731 · Mattsee.
Died
1775 · Versailles.
Occupation
pastellist · painter

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