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Johann Georg Von Lori
Johann Georg von Lori (17 July 1723 – 23 March 1787) was a Bavarian high official, lawyer and historian. He was the driving force behind the foundation of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1759. Life Early years Johann Georg von Lori was born on 17 July 1723 in the Gründel Inn near Steingaden, Bavaria, a property of the former Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ... Steingaden Abbey. His family was Italian in origin, but had settled in Bavaria at the time of the House of Welf, Welf dukes. He attended elementary school at the monastery, then studied at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Augsburg. The wealthy Augsburg patrician and later mayor Jakob Wilhelm Benedikt von Langenmantel was one of the financial sponsors of his education. In 1740 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Edlinger
Johann Georg Edlinger (1 March 1741 – 15 September 1819) was an Austrian portrait painting, portrait painter. Edlinger was born at Graz in 1741. He was a pupil of Georg Desmarées, Desmarées, and became court painter at Munich, where he died in 1819. His portraits are well painted, and show a leaning towards the works of Rembrandt. Some of his portraits of eminent Bavarians, engraved by Friedrich John, appeared in 1821 under the title ''Sammlung von Bildnissen denkwürdiger Männer.'' File:Johann Georg Edlinger - Family Portrait - WGA7461.jpg, ''Family portrait'', ca. 1800, now in the Neue Pinakothek File:Heinrich Zimmermann - Matrose.jpg, ''Heinrich Zimmermann'', a companion of James Cook, Captain Cook on his travels around the world References * 1741 births 1819 deaths 18th-century Austrian painters 18th-century Austrian male artists Austrian male painters 19th-century Austrian painters 19th-century Austrian male artists Austrian portrait painters Artists from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
