Johann Heinrich Keller (1692–1765) was an 18th-century painter from Switzerland active in the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

He was born in Zurich and was first the pupil of his father Johann Keller, a sculptor.Johann Heinrich Keller (II)
in the RKD He moved to The Hague and became the teacher of Dirk van der Aa and Cornelis Kuipers. He is known for his wall decorations and in 1751 he worked in The Hague on wall decorations for a mansion on the

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, now called the

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. In 1753 he made wall decorations for what is now Het Loo Palace. He died in The Hague.

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1692 births 1765 deaths 18th-century Swiss painters 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists Dutch male painters Artists from Zürich {{Netherlands-painter-stub