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ZOFFANY, JOHANN (1733-1810)

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 1000 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: YAK-ZYM
ZOFFANY, JOHANN (1733-1810) , British painter, whose father was architect to the prince of Thurn and Taxis, was born in Frankfort-on-Main. He ran away from
home
  at the age of thirteen and went to Rome, where he studied art for nearly twelve years. In 1758 he left for England, and after under-going some hardships was brought into fashion by royal patronage, and in 1769 was included among the foundation members of the Royal
Academy
 . He went to Florence in 1772 with an introduction from George III. to the grand duke of Tuscany, and did not return until 1779. During this second stay in Italy he met with much success, and was commanded by the empress Maria
Theresa
  to paint a picture of the royal family of Tuscany; this
work
  he executed so much to the
satisfaction
  of the empress that in 1778 he was created a baron of the Austrian
empire
 . He went next to India, where he lived from 1783 to 1790, to which period belong some of his best-known paintings; but the last twenty years of his
life
  were spent in England. He died in 18,o and was buried in Kew churchyard. His portrait groups of dramatic celebrities are, perhaps, the most highly esteemed of his many productions; they have considerable technical merit and show much shrewd insight into character. Several of the best are in the
Garrick
  Club, London.


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