Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger

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Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger
Giovanni Battista Lampi iunior con figlio.jpg
Giovanni Battista Lampi iunior with son
Born(1775-03-04)March 4, 1775
Trento
DiedFebruary 17, 1837(1837-02-17) (aged 61)
Vienna
EducationMember Academy of Arts (1797)
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
Known forPainting

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger (4 March 1775 – 17 February 1837) was an Austrian portrait painter.

Biography[]

He was born at Trento and studied under his father, Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder, and later at the Academy at Vienna under Maurer and Fuger. He went with his father and younger brother, Franz (Franciszek), to St. Petersburg in 1797 enticed by an extremely generous offer from the Tsar,[1] and stayed for 13 years.[2] He became a member of the Academy at that city as well as of that at Vienna in 1813. He painted many of the most distinguished personages of his time. He died in Vienna.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Bryan 1889, p. 8.
  2. ^ Biography: or, Third division of The English encyclopedia edited by Charles Knight.

References[]

  • Bryan, Michael (1889), Walter Armstrong and Robert Edmund Graves (ed.), Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z), York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, p. 8, retrieved October 31, 2012CS1 maint: location (link)


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