Johann Rudolf Huber (21 April 1668 – 28 February 1748) was an eminent
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Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the fa ...
Bern
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, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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Venice
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Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
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he learned to paint. In 1699 he was appointed court painter at the court in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
. He did portraits of nearly 5,000 of his contemporaries. He died in
* Maurice W. Brockwell, ''Catalogue of the pictures and other works of Art in the collection of Lord St. Oswald at Nostell Priory'', London: 1915.
*Matthew Pilkington, Henry Fuseli, ''A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of art to the present period'', London: John Crowder 1805, p. 26 online * Manuel Kehrli: ''Sein Geist ist zu allem fähig. Der Maler, Sammler und Kunstkenner Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748).'' Basel 2010 content * ''Johann Rudolf Huber 1668-1748. Ein Maler der bernischen Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts.'' (Catalogue), Jegenstorf 1982.
* Johann Caspar Füssli: ''Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz.'' Bd. 2 Orell, Gessner und Comp., Zurich 1757, S. 212-22 online
Gallery
File:BeatFischer.jpg, Beat Fischer (1697)
File:Johann Rudolf Sinner (1704) by Johann Rudolf Huber.tif
File:FL de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin.png, François-Louis de Pêmes de St.Saphorin
File:Huber Carl III.Wilhelm.jpeg, Markgraf Carl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1710)
File:Huber Marschall Menzingen.jpg, Marschall von Mentzingen
File:Congrès de Bade.jpg, Der Badener Friedenskongress (1714)
File:Huber Samuel Frisching II.jpg, Samuel Frisching
File:Huber Christoph Steiger.jpg, Christoph Steiger
File:Albrecht von Haller 1736.jpg, Albrecht von Haller
File:Huber unbekannte dame.jpeg, Portrait of an unknown woman
File:Huber Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki.jpg, Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki
File:110Friedrich Carl.jpg, Friedrich Karl von Württemberg, 1700
File:Huber Johann Rudolf Rudolf.jpg, Johann Rudolf Rudolf
File:Karl-friedrich-drollinger.jpg, Carl Friedrich Drollinger
File:Daniel Bernoulli 001.jpg, Daniel Bernoulli
File:File-Huber selbstportrait1710.jpg, self-portrait