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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Born: Haina, Hesse (near Kassel), 1751
Died: Eutin, Holstein, 1829
Nationality: German
Background: 

family of painters

Studies: 

with uncle, portrait painter Johann Heinrich Tischbein

Career: 

1772-77 – portrait painter in Berlin

1779-89 – history and portrait painter in Rome

1789-99 – Naples Academy of Art (director)

1791-95 – supervised engraving of antiquities collection of Sir William Hamilton

1808-29 – Court Painter in Oldenburg

Travels

 The Netherlands (1771), Munich (1778), Rome (1779-99)

Commissions from: 

Sir William Hamilton