1732 In Art

	1732 In Art Events from the year 1732 in art. Events * Nicola Salvi begins work on the new Trevi Fountain Works * Canaletto '' View of the Entrance to the Venetian Arsenal'' '' Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day'' * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – ''Lady Sealing a Letter'' * Filippo della Valle – ''Cupid and Psyche'' (marble; approximate date) * William Hogarth – ''A Midnight Modern Conversation''; ''A Harlot's Progress'' (engravings by the artist) Births * January 25 – François Devosge, French portrait painter (died 1811) * February 22 – Jean-Bernard Restout, French painter (died 1797) * April 5 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker (died 1806) * May 27 – Christopher Unterberger, Italian painter of the early-Neoclassical period (died 1798) * November 18 – Pehr Hilleström, Swedish painter and teacher (died 1816) * ''date unknown'' Christian Gottlob Fechhelm, German portrait and historical painter (died 1816) Johanne Sei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicola Salvi Nicola Salvi or Niccolò Salvi (6 August 1697 (Rome) – 8 February 1751 (Rome)) was an Italian architect; among his few projects completed is the famous Trevi fountain in Rome, Italy. Biography Admitted to the Roman Academy of Arcadia in 1717, Salvi became an architect only after studies in mathematics and philosophy. His mentor in architecture was Antonio Canevari, who served also as consulting architect for the king of Portugal. In 1728, Canevari left for Lisbon, and Salvi continued his commissions in Rome. Among these were ephemeral decorations and small decorative projects. In Rome, the patronage for the building of large structures had declined relative to the previous century. In 1732, competitions were held by Pope Clement XII for two large projects. One was to create a new façade for the church of Saint John Lateran, and another was for a public fountain at Trevi (rione of Rome), Trevi. The former completion was won by Alessandro Galilei, though Salvi's design had much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army. * 1242 – During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1536 – Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph. 1566 – Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces. 1601–1900 * 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 1621 – The ''Mayflower'' sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. 1792 – United States Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1772 In Art Events from the year 1772 in art. Events July 13 – Captain James Cook leaves Plymouth in HMS ''Resolution'' on his second voyage of exploration with landscape painter William Hodges onboard (in lieu of Johann Zoffany). King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court. Works John Singleton Copley – ''Samuel Adams'' (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Thomas Gainsborough ''The Linley Sisters'' '' William Johnstone-Pulteney'' * Thomas Jones – ''Pencerrig'' Tilly Kettle – ''Dancing Girls (Blacks)'' Anton Raphael Mengs – '' The Triumph of History over Time'' (Allegory of the Museum Clementinum; ceiling fresco in the Camera dei Papiri, Vatican Library) Fyodor Rokotov – ''Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya'' Alexander Roslin '' King Christian VII of Denmark'' '' King Gustav III of Sweden'' George Stubbs ''The Kongouro from New Holland'' ''Portrait of a Large Dog'' Claude Joseph Vernet – ''The Shipwreck'' Joseph Wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Johanne Seizberg Johanne Seizberg (1732–1772) was a Danish artist, drawing artist, and illustrator, and a teacher. Probably born in Augsburg in Germany, She was daughter of the printer Riedlinger and married Lieutenant Simon Philippinus Nerius Seizberg. From 1754, she was a student of the artist couple Frants Michael Regenfuss and Margaretha Ludwig. She illustrated the ''Auserlesne Schnecken, Musscheln und andere Schaalthiere'' (1758), and the ''Flora Danica'' (1761). In 1762, she became a teacher in the art school for female students protected by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1772, the school was closed after the fall of Johann Friedrich Struensee Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. .... References Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon 1732 births 1772 deaths 18th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christian Gottlob Fechhelm Christian Gottlob Fechhelm (1732–1816) was a portrait and historical painter, born in Dresden. He studied under Mengs, Manjocky, and Hutin, first portrait painting, and then miniature. In the Seven Years' War Maria Theresa commissioned him to paint the portraits of the generals engaged in that campaign for the Military School at Vienna. Fechhelm died at Dresden in 1816. His son, Karl Christian, who was born at Dresden in 1770, and died in 1826, was likewise a painter. See also * List of German painters This is a list of German painters. A > second column was into info box --> * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) * Oswald Achenbach (1827 ... References * 1732 births 1816 deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters German portrait painters Artists from Dresden 19th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1816 In Art Events in the year 1816 in Art. Events * The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London. * The Fitzwilliam Museum is founded by the bequest of the art collection of the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam to the University of Cambridge in England. * In Paris, the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (founded in 1648) is merged with the Académie de musique (1669) and the Académie royale d'architecture (1671) to form the Académie des beaux-arts. ''Penance'' from Nicholas Poussin's first of two ''Seven Sacraments'' painting cycles owned by the Duke of Rutland is destroyed by fire at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, England. Works '' Cádiz Memorial'' (London) * Augustus Wall Callcott – ''The Entrance to the Pool of London'' * John James Chalon – '' Napoleon on board the Bellerophon'' * John Constable – ''Wivenhoe Park'' * Pavel Đurković – Portrait of Vuk Karadžić * Francisco Goya ''The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pehr Hilleström Pehr Hilleström (18 November 1732 – 13 August 1816) was a Swedish artist. He served as a professor and director at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Biography Hilleström was born on the island of Väddö in the district of Roslagen, Sweden where his uncle who was the vicar. He was the eldest of twelve children. He was first trained by landscape artist Johan Philip Korn (1727–1796). He received training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from artist Guillaume Taraval (1701–1750) and architect Jean Eric Rehn (1717–1793). Between 1757 and 1758, Hilleström made a study trip abroad. The journey went to Paris, Belgium and Holland. He furthered his education in the tapestry techniques and became a master tapestry weaver. From 1759, he operated a weaving workshop in Stockholm. In 1773, Hilleström became a member of the board of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. The academy appointed him a professor in drawing in 1794. In 1805 he received the post of Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	November 18 Events Pre-1600 * 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. * 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. * 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land. * 1105 – Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II. 1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it. 1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull ''Unam sanctam'', claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy. * 1421 – St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people. 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico. 1601–1900 1601 – Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1798 In Art Events from the year 1798 in art. Events * English painter Robert Smirke begins to produce ''The Seven Ages of Man'' series for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. Works * William Beechey ''George III and the Prince of Wales reviewing troops'' Thomas Hope' * François Gérard – ''Cupid and Psyche'' * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – ''Jean-Baptiste Belley'' * Francisco Goya ''Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos'' (approximate date) Witches' Sabbath * Antoine-Jean Gros – ''Le pont d'Arcole'' * Thomas Lawrence – '' Caroline, Princess of Wales'' * John Opie – '' Portrait of Amelia Opie'' * Thomas Whitcombe – '' The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797'' Births * January 8 – John Graham Lough, English sculptor known for his funerary monuments and a variety of portrait sculpture (died 1876) * January 9 – Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire, French sculptor (died 1880) * February 17 – Josef Matěj Navrátil, Czech painter of paintings, murals and frescos (died 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Christopher Unterberger Christopher Unterberger, also Christoph or Cristoforo (27 May 1732 – 25 January 1798) was an Italian painter of the early- Neoclassical period. Biography He was born in Cavalese in County of Tyrol (today located in Trentino, Italy). He was initially taught drawing by an uncle, Franz Sebald Unterberger, and then in the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where another uncle, Michelangelo Unterberger, was the co-director from 1751-1758. He then traveled to Venice and Verona, where he studied under Giambettino Cignaroli; and finally in 1758, to Rome. In Rome, he befriended and fell under the influence of Anton Rafael Mengs, and copied the works of Pietro da Cortona, in whose style he produced two altar-pieces of ''St. Jules'' and ''St. Agnes'' for the cathedral of Brixen. In 1772, he joined the Accademia di San Luca under the sponsorship of Mengs. In 1772, he and Mengs were commissioned to decorate the Papyrus room in the Vatican Library with themes from classic Roman frescoes, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. * 1199 – John is crowned King of England. 1257 – Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral. 1601–1900 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. * 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. * 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia. * 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland. * 1813 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1806 In Art Events in the year 1806 in art. Events 18 January – The British Institution opens the former Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London, as the "British Gallery", alternating the world's first regular temporary exhibitions of Old Master paintings with sale exhibitions of the work of living artists. Works Antonio Canova – ''Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker'' (bronze nude) * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – '' Charles-Marie Bonaparte'' * John Hoppner – Sleeping Venus and Cupid' * Jean-Antoine Houdon �Portrait bust of Napoleon* Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ' '' Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière'' ** '' Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne'' * Thomas Lawrence – Lady Georgiana Fane' (approximate date) * Henry Raeburn – Lord Newton' (approximate date) * Philipp Otto Runge – '' The Hülsenbeck Children'' * Benjamin West '' The Death of Nelson'' '' Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles'' (second version) * David Wilkie '' The Blind Fiddler'' Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	1732 In Art Events from the year 1732 in art. Events * Nicola Salvi begins work on the new Trevi Fountain Works * Canaletto '' View of the Entrance to the Venetian Arsenal'' '' Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day'' * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – ''Lady Sealing a Letter'' * Filippo della Valle – ''Cupid and Psyche'' (marble; approximate date) * William Hogarth – ''A Midnight Modern Conversation''; ''A Harlot's Progress'' (engravings by the artist) Births * January 25 – François Devosge, French portrait painter (died 1811) * February 22 – Jean-Bernard Restout, French painter (died 1797) * April 5 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and printmaker (died 1806) * May 27 – Christopher Unterberger, Italian painter of the early-Neoclassical period (died 1798) * November 18 – Pehr Hilleström, Swedish painter and teacher (died 1816) * ''date unknown'' Christian Gottlob Fechhelm, German portrait and historical painter (died 1816) Johanne Sei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicola Salvi Nicola Salvi or Niccolò Salvi (6 August 1697 (Rome) – 8 February 1751 (Rome)) was an Italian architect; among his few projects completed is the famous Trevi fountain in Rome, Italy. Biography Admitted to the Roman Academy of Arcadia in 1717, Salvi became an architect only after studies in mathematics and philosophy. His mentor in architecture was Antonio Canevari, who served also as consulting architect for the king of Portugal. In 1728, Canevari left for Lisbon, and Salvi continued his commissions in Rome. Among these were ephemeral decorations and small decorative projects. In Rome, the patronage for the building of large structures had declined relative to the previous century. In 1732, competitions were held by Pope Clement XII for two large projects. One was to create a new façade for the church of Saint John Lateran, and another was for a public fountain at Trevi (rione of Rome), Trevi. The former completion was won by Alessandro Galilei, though Salvi's design had much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army. * 1242 – During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1536 – Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph. 1566 – Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces. 1601–1900 * 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 1621 – The ''Mayflower'' sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. 1792 – United States Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1772 In Art Events from the year 1772 in art. Events July 13 – Captain James Cook leaves Plymouth in HMS ''Resolution'' on his second voyage of exploration with landscape painter William Hodges onboard (in lieu of Johann Zoffany). King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court. Works John Singleton Copley – ''Samuel Adams'' (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Thomas Gainsborough ''The Linley Sisters'' '' William Johnstone-Pulteney'' * Thomas Jones – ''Pencerrig'' Tilly Kettle – ''Dancing Girls (Blacks)'' Anton Raphael Mengs – '' The Triumph of History over Time'' (Allegory of the Museum Clementinum; ceiling fresco in the Camera dei Papiri, Vatican Library) Fyodor Rokotov – ''Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya'' Alexander Roslin '' King Christian VII of Denmark'' '' King Gustav III of Sweden'' George Stubbs ''The Kongouro from New Holland'' ''Portrait of a Large Dog'' Claude Joseph Vernet – ''The Shipwreck'' Joseph Wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Johanne Seizberg Johanne Seizberg (1732–1772) was a Danish artist, drawing artist, and illustrator, and a teacher. Probably born in Augsburg in Germany, She was daughter of the printer Riedlinger and married Lieutenant Simon Philippinus Nerius Seizberg. From 1754, she was a student of the artist couple Frants Michael Regenfuss and Margaretha Ludwig. She illustrated the ''Auserlesne Schnecken, Musscheln und andere Schaalthiere'' (1758), and the ''Flora Danica'' (1761). In 1762, she became a teacher in the art school for female students protected by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1772, the school was closed after the fall of Johann Friedrich Struensee Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. .... References Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon 1732 births 1772 deaths 18th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christian Gottlob Fechhelm Christian Gottlob Fechhelm (1732–1816) was a portrait and historical painter, born in Dresden. He studied under Mengs, Manjocky, and Hutin, first portrait painting, and then miniature. In the Seven Years' War Maria Theresa commissioned him to paint the portraits of the generals engaged in that campaign for the Military School at Vienna. Fechhelm died at Dresden in 1816. His son, Karl Christian, who was born at Dresden in 1770, and died in 1826, was likewise a painter. See also * List of German painters This is a list of German painters. A > second column was into info box --> * Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) * Aatifi (born 1965) * Karl Abt (1899–1985) * Tomma Abts (born 1967) * Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910) * Oswald Achenbach (1827 ... References * 1732 births 1816 deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters German portrait painters Artists from Dresden 19th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1816 In Art Events in the year 1816 in Art. Events * The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London. * The Fitzwilliam Museum is founded by the bequest of the art collection of the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam to the University of Cambridge in England. * In Paris, the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (founded in 1648) is merged with the Académie de musique (1669) and the Académie royale d'architecture (1671) to form the Académie des beaux-arts. ''Penance'' from Nicholas Poussin's first of two ''Seven Sacraments'' painting cycles owned by the Duke of Rutland is destroyed by fire at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, England. Works '' Cádiz Memorial'' (London) * Augustus Wall Callcott – ''The Entrance to the Pool of London'' * John James Chalon – '' Napoleon on board the Bellerophon'' * John Constable – ''Wivenhoe Park'' * Pavel Đurković – Portrait of Vuk Karadžić * Francisco Goya ''The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pehr Hilleström Pehr Hilleström (18 November 1732 – 13 August 1816) was a Swedish artist. He served as a professor and director at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Biography Hilleström was born on the island of Väddö in the district of Roslagen, Sweden where his uncle who was the vicar. He was the eldest of twelve children. He was first trained by landscape artist Johan Philip Korn (1727–1796). He received training at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from artist Guillaume Taraval (1701–1750) and architect Jean Eric Rehn (1717–1793). Between 1757 and 1758, Hilleström made a study trip abroad. The journey went to Paris, Belgium and Holland. He furthered his education in the tapestry techniques and became a master tapestry weaver. From 1759, he operated a weaving workshop in Stockholm. In 1773, Hilleström became a member of the board of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. The academy appointed him a professor in drawing in 1794. In 1805 he received the post of Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	November 18 Events Pre-1600 * 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. * 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. * 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land. * 1105 – Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II. 1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it. 1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull ''Unam sanctam'', claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy. * 1421 – St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people. 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico. 1601–1900 1601 – Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1798 In Art Events from the year 1798 in art. Events * English painter Robert Smirke begins to produce ''The Seven Ages of Man'' series for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. Works * William Beechey ''George III and the Prince of Wales reviewing troops'' Thomas Hope' * François Gérard – ''Cupid and Psyche'' * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – ''Jean-Baptiste Belley'' * Francisco Goya ''Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos'' (approximate date) Witches' Sabbath * Antoine-Jean Gros – ''Le pont d'Arcole'' * Thomas Lawrence – '' Caroline, Princess of Wales'' * John Opie – '' Portrait of Amelia Opie'' * Thomas Whitcombe – '' The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797'' Births * January 8 – John Graham Lough, English sculptor known for his funerary monuments and a variety of portrait sculpture (died 1876) * January 9 – Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire, French sculptor (died 1880) * February 17 – Josef Matěj Navrátil, Czech painter of paintings, murals and frescos (died 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Christopher Unterberger Christopher Unterberger, also Christoph or Cristoforo (27 May 1732 – 25 January 1798) was an Italian painter of the early- Neoclassical period. Biography He was born in Cavalese in County of Tyrol (today located in Trentino, Italy). He was initially taught drawing by an uncle, Franz Sebald Unterberger, and then in the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where another uncle, Michelangelo Unterberger, was the co-director from 1751-1758. He then traveled to Venice and Verona, where he studied under Giambettino Cignaroli; and finally in 1758, to Rome. In Rome, he befriended and fell under the influence of Anton Rafael Mengs, and copied the works of Pietro da Cortona, in whose style he produced two altar-pieces of ''St. Jules'' and ''St. Agnes'' for the cathedral of Brixen. In 1772, he joined the Accademia di San Luca under the sponsorship of Mengs. In 1772, he and Mengs were commissioned to decorate the Papyrus room in the Vatican Library with themes from classic Roman frescoes, includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. * 1199 – John is crowned King of England. 1257 – Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral. 1601–1900 1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. * 1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. * 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia. * 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland. * 1813 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1806 In Art Events in the year 1806 in art. Events 18 January – The British Institution opens the former Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London, as the "British Gallery", alternating the world's first regular temporary exhibitions of Old Master paintings with sale exhibitions of the work of living artists. Works Antonio Canova – ''Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker'' (bronze nude) * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – '' Charles-Marie Bonaparte'' * John Hoppner – Sleeping Venus and Cupid' * Jean-Antoine Houdon �Portrait bust of Napoleon* Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ' '' Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière'' ** '' Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne'' * Thomas Lawrence – Lady Georgiana Fane' (approximate date) * Henry Raeburn – Lord Newton' (approximate date) * Philipp Otto Runge – '' The Hülsenbeck Children'' * Benjamin West '' The Death of Nelson'' '' Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles'' (second version) * David Wilkie '' The Blind Fiddler'' Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]