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Johann Friedrich August Tischbein

German painter (1750-1812)

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Instance of: human
Born: 9 March 1750
Died: 21 June 1812
Place of birth: Maastricht
Place of death: Heidelberg
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Johann, Friedrich, August
Family name: Tischbein
Father: Johann Valentin Tischbein
Child: Carl Wilhelm Tischbein, Caroline Tischbein, Betty Tischbein
Genre: portrait painting
Occupation: painter, university teacher
Position held: court painter
Citizenship: Germany, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
artist files at: Frick Art Research Library
depicted by: Self-portrait
described by source: Nordisk familjebok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Paintings of the nineteenth century: contribution to the history of art
end of work period: 1812
family: Tischbein family
floruit: 1789
has works in the collection: Städel Museum, National Gallery of Art, Amsterdam Museum, Centraal Museum, Museum aan het Vrijthof, Limburg Museum, Mauritshuis, Rijksmuseum, Hessen Kassel Heritage, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Art Institute of Chicago, Hermitage Museum
languages spoken, written or signed: German
name in native language: Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
notable work: Portrait of Princess Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina (1751-1820), Stadholder William V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess of Prussia
relative: Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
start of work period: 1765