Italian, 18th century, male.
Active Milanese, active at the beginning of the 18th century.
Engraver, draughtsman.
A little-known artist who produced a certain number of etchings of battles and allegorical subjects based on his own drawings.
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Abbiati, Giuseppe
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Abbott, John White
British, 18th – 19th century, male.
Born 1763, in Exeter; died 1851.
Painter, watercolourist, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator. Landscapes with figures, natural history (animals/insects).
John White Abbott took up painting initially as a hobby but became well known for his landscapes with animals and human figures. He was particularly influenced by the lesser Dutch masters, notably Peter de Laes. His work sufficiently impressed contemporaries such as Sir Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West that they urged him to exhibit at the Royal Academy, and he submitted work to the Academy between ...
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Abel, Ernst August
German, 18th century, male.
Born c. 1720, in Zerbst; died c. 1790, in Darmstadt.
Miniaturist, watercolourist, pastellist, engraver, draughtsman.
Brother of E. H. Abel, Ernst August Abel was a rootless artist in his early career. He lived and worked in London, Hamburg, Paris and Frankfurt. In ...
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Abel, Joseph
German, 18th – 19th century, male.
Born 22 August 1764, in Aschach; died 1818, in Vienna.
Painter, engraver. Mythological subjects, portraits.
Joseph Abel's remarkable abilities became evident at a very early age. Taken on by Füger, he made such rapid progress that he was soon painting. He caught the attention of the head of the Czartoryski family, who took the young artist to Poland. There he did various works before moving to Rome, arriving in ...
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Aberli, Johann Ludwig
Swiss, 18th century, male.
Born 1723, in Winterthur; died 1786, in Bern.
Painter, watercolourist, pastellist, engraver. Landscapes, mountainscapes.
Johann Ludwig Aberli was a member of a family with a long artisan tradition. Initially a pupil of Felix Meyer, from 1741 he worked at Johann Grimm's school in Bern. When Grimm died in ...
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Aberry, J.
British, 18th century, male.
Active 1738-1753.
Painter, engraver. Portraits.
J. Aberry is known for his 1753 portrait of Sir Walkin William Wynne painted in the manner of Worlidge to illustrate a publication by Boydell.
London, 17 July 1987: John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont and his Wife Catherine...
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Abramson, Michel Jacob
German, 18th century, male.
Active in Berlin at the end of the 18th century.
Engraver (burin), draughtsman.
Associated with him is a portrait of Rabbi Hirsch Lobell, engraved from a Kruger original in 1798. In 1787 and 1788 he exhibited several drawings and engravings at the royal academy in Berlin....
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Acton, S.
British, 18th – 19th century, male.
Active at the end of the 18th and at the beginning of the 19th century.
Painter, engraver. Architectural views.
S. Acton lived in London between 1791 and 1802 and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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Adam
French, 18th century, male.
Active at the end of the 18th century.
Draughtsman, engraver (etching).
According to C. Blanc, Adam, who worked after Perignon, left six landscapes.
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Adam, J.
Polish, 18th century, male.
Active in Galicia and in Podolia towards the end of the 18th century.
Draughtsman, engraver (line-engraving). Religious subjects.
Two engravings by J. Adam are known: one depicting St Anthony at Kamieniec in Podolia, the other portraying the Archbishop of Halic. These works are signed ...
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Adam, Peter
German, 18th century, male.
Activec.1730.
Painter, engraver.
Six landscapes are said to have been engraved by this artist.
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Adam, Robert
British, 18th century, male.
Born 3 July 1728, in Kirkcaldy (Fife); died 3 March 1792, in London.
Draughtsman, watercolourist, engraver, architect. Landscapes, architectural views, interiors, ruins. Decorative models.
Robert Adam was the son of William Adam, a well-known Scottish architect. He initially trained in his father's practice in partnership with his bothers, John and James. Examples of his early architectural work include Hopetoun House in Lothian (c. ...
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Ademollo, Luigi
Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.
Born 30 April 1764, in Milan; died 11 February 1849, in Florence.
Painter, draughtsman (including ink), watercolourist, engraver (line-engraving). Allegorical subjects, historical subjects, battles, genre scenes, scenes with figures. Decorative schemes, church decoration, decorative designs.
After studying in Milan and Rome, Ademollo was invited to Florence to decorate the Teatro della Pergola (which has since been destroyed). He settled in Florence until his death and was widely regarded as one of the neo-classical masters of the Tuscan School. At the start of his career, he painted principally arabesques, but went on to develop his technique to the point where Ferdinand III commissioned him to decorate the Pitti Palace and to paint historical and allegorical subjects for its individual rooms. One of his best-known works is ...
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Adolski, Ivan
Russian, 18th century, male.
Painter, engraver (line-engraving).
This artist was working in St Petersburg around 1711. His most important work is the Portrait of the Empress Catherine in the collection of the military headquarters in St Petersburg
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Adriaenssens, Régnier, the Younger
Flemish School, 17th – 18th century, male.
Died between 23 and 18 September 1724.
Engraver, painter (?).
This artist was admitted to the Guild of St Luke in 1689 as the son of Master Adriaenssens the Elder. He later became dean of the guild.
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Aechinger, Jacob
Austrian, 18th century, male.
Active mid-18th century.
Engraver, draughtsman.
Surviving works are rare etchings, including a Virgin and Child after F. Sigrist. This work was wrongly attributed by Fuseli to Ehinger.
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Agar, Charles d'
French, 17th – 18th century, male.
Born 1669, in Paris; died May 1723.
Painter.
Charles d'Agar, son of Jacques d'Agar, spent his youth in England, and copies of many of his portraits were made by the English engravers J. Simon, John Smith and George White. These include: ...
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Agasse, Jacques Laurent
Swiss, 18th – 19th century, male.
Active from 1800 active in England.
Born 24 March 1767, in Geneva; died 27 December 1849, in London.
Painter, engraver. History painting, portraits, genre scenes, animals.
The scion of a rich family of Scottish origin, Agasse had every opportunity to develop his artistic tastes in the best possible conditions. He was encouraged by painters Massot and Toppfer, and went to Paris, where he was admitted to David's studio on 5 September 1787, subsequently working under the direction of Horace Vernet. He remained in Paris until around 1798, when a downturn in his fortunes prompted him to accept an offer by a rich Englishman, who took him to London in late October 1800. He lived modestly there, finally being presented to the Regent only 20 years after first taking up residence in London....
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Agazzani, G.
Italian, 18th century, male.
Active in Modena.
Painter, engraver.
Author of an engraving based on the painting of St Roch in the cathedral of Mirandola. Possibly the same artist as Giulo Agazzini.
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Agnelli, Federico
Italian, 18th century, male.
Active in Milanc.1700.
Painter, engraver.
Essentially a portraitist, but also painted several emblematic subjects and architectural themes. His engravings include a series of plates representing Milan Cathedral that he signed in conjunction with the architect Carlo Butio.
