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Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch

Born: Stuttgart, 10 September 1758
Died: Stuttgart, 31 December 1838
Nationality: German
Background: 

son of court musician Christian Heinrich Hetsch

Studies: 

with painters Nicolas Guibal and Friedrich Harper at the Ducal Military Academy (Herzogliche Militarakademie) in Stuttgart which included the Academie des Arts (1771-80); with Joseph-Marie Vien in Paris (1780-82)

Career: 

1780 –appointed Court Painter to Duke of Württemberg ( Stuttgart)

1783 – met Jacques-Louis David in Paris

1787 –honorary member of Accademia delle Belle Arti, Bologna

1787-1794 - professor at Karlsakademie, Stuttgart

1795 –Director of painting gallery at Ludwigsburg Palace (home of Dukes of Württemberg)

1801 – member, Prussian Academy of Arts

1808 – ennobled, retired as Court Painter

Travels

Paris (1780-82, 1783, 1808-10); Rome (1785-87, 1794-96, 1802-03)

Important Artworks: 

Generosity Rewarding Genius, 1784 (Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Departure of Regulus, 1803-04 (Landesmuseum Württemberg)

Ascension of Christ, 1808 (Landesmuseum Württemberg)