Johann Friedrich Dryander (26 April 1756, in Sankt Johann,

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

– 29 March 1812, in Sankt Johann, Saarbrücken) was a German painter. Dryander created several portraits of French officers, notably: * ''French troops before Saint-Jean-lès-Sarrebruck'', on display at the Musée historique Lorrain in Nancy, 1804 * Portrait of a general, on display at the Fine Arts museum in Rouens * ''Portrait du Général Bella.'' 1795, Salon-de-Provence * ''Portrait du Citoyen Laboucly, Inspecteur de la Viande.'' 1794,

* ''Portrait of Dominique Joseph Garat'', 1794, Vizille, musée de la Révolution française * ''Portrait du général Jourdan et de son adjudant.'' 1794, Vizille, musée de la Révolution française. Two more are mentioned in the ''Dictionnaire des ventes d'art'' by Docteur Mireur, 1911: * ''Portrait du colonel du 6° chasseurs.'' 1795, sold for 445 fr in December 1899, present whereabouts unknown. * ''Général en chef et aide de camp.'' 1794, sold for 310 fr in 1899, present whereabouts unknown.

Bibliography

* Lohmeyer: ''Die Kunst in Saarbrücken in Mitt. d. rhein.'' In: ''Vereins f. Denkmalplfege und Heimatschutz.'' VI, 1912, 1, p. 64. * Ralph Melcher: ''Johann Friedrich Dryander ein Künstler zwischen Fürstenhof und Bürgerturm.'' Saarbrücken, Saarland museum 16 September 2006- 7 January 2007 (Catalogue of exhibition)

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