Spanish Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1400-1452  Related Paintings of MARTORELL, Bernat (Bernardo) :. | The Nativity (detail) dh | The Decapitation of St.George | From the Legend of ST George The Saint Decapitated (mk05) | Two Scenes from the Legend of ST.George The Flagellation The Saint Dragged through the City (mk05) | Saint George Killing the Dragon |
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DIJCK, Floris Claesz van
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1575-1651
STROZZI, Bernardo
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1581-ca.1644
Ferdinand Kobell
(born in Mannheim, 7 June 1740; died in Munich, 1 February 1799) was a German painter and engraver. He was studying at the University of Heidelberg when the Elector of Bavaria, admiring a landscape, aided him to devote his entire time to painting. He became the pupil of Peter Verschaffelt. He next studied art in Paris (1768-1769). On his return, he was appointed painter to the Cabinet (court painter), and later professor at the Academy. In 1793, he moved to Munich. He was appointed director of the Mannheim Gallery (1798) but died before entering on his duties.