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ZOFFANY, JOHANN (1733-1810)

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ZOFFANY, JOHANN (1733-1810) , See also:British painter, whose See also:father was architect to the See also:prince of Thurn and Taxis, was See also:born in See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main. He ran away from See also:home at the See also:age of thirteen and went to See also:Rome, where he studied See also:art for nearly twelve years. In 1758 he See also:left for See also:England, and after under-going some hardships was brought into See also:fashion by royal patronage, and in 1769 was included among the See also:foundation members of the Royal See also:Academy. He went to See also:Florence in 1772 with an introduction from See also:George III. to the See also:grand See also:duke of See also:Tuscany, and did not return until 1779. During this second stay in See also:Italy he met with much success, and was commanded by the empress Maria See also:Theresa to paint a picture of the royal See also:family of Tuscany; this See also:work he executed so much to the See also:satisfaction of the empress that in 1778 he was created a See also:baron of the See also:Austrian See also:empire. He went next to See also:India, where he lived from 1783 to 1790, to which See also:period belong some of his best-known paintings; but the last twenty years of his See also:life were spent in England. He died in 18,o and was buried in See also:Kew See also:churchyard. His portrait See also:groups of dramatic celebrities are, perhaps, the most highly esteemed of his many productions; they have considerable technical merit and show much shrewd insight into See also:character. Several of the best are in the See also:Garrick See also:Club, See also:London.

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