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Johann Rudolf Byss (1660–1738) was a Swiss painter.
He was born in
Johann Rudolf Byss (1660–1738) was a Swiss painter.
He was born in Solothurn
Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...
and first learned painting from his father Johann Joseph Byss, and later from Johann Heinrich Roos
Johann Heinrich Roos (29 September 1631, Otterberg – 3 October 1685, Frankfurt) was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher.
Biography
His family had emigrated to Amsterdam due to the Thirty Years' War in 1640.