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Self Portriat as David with the Head of Goliath, 1756
Oil on Canvas
The Tribune of the Uffizi, 1772-8
Oil on Canvas
Royal Collection, Windsor
Charles Towneley in his Sculpture Gallery, 1782
Oil on Canvas, 127 x 102 cm
Johann Zoffany was a German-born painter, who spent most of his career in England. Zoffany’s paintings are now in major British collections, including the National Gallery in London and the Tate Gallery. Zoffany was born in Frankfurt, where he lived until studying sculpture with Melchior Paulus in Ellwangen during the 1740s.
John 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke and his Family, 1766
Oil on Canvas
Getty Museum
Maria Christine, 1776
Oil on Canvas, 131 x 94 cm
Kunst Historisches Museum
In 1750, Zoffany moved to Rome to further his education and work under the sculptor, Agostino Masucci. Several years later in 1760, he moved north to England, where he found work with a clockmaker. Shortly after moving to England, Zoffany started working for King George III and Queen Charlotte.
Reverend Philip Cocks, 1760s
Oil on Canvas, 90.2 x 69.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of the Blunt Children, 1766-70
Oil on Canvas
Birmingham Museum
By 1769, Zoffany became a founding member of the Royal Academy and received numerous portrait commissions from well-known figures in British society. Zoffany became a master of ‘conversation-piece’ genre, which consisted of family and friend portrait paining. Later in Zoffany’s life, he began painting large-scale paintings, filled with groups of people and works of art.
Lavie Children, 1770
Oil on Canvas
National Gallery of Art, DC
The Antique School of Royal Academy at New Somerset House, 1780-83
Oil on Canvas, 110.4 x 164 mm
A Life Class and St. Martin’s Lane Academy, 1761
Oil on Canvas, 505 x 660 mm
Zoffany remained in Britain for the remainder of his life, though he made frequent visits to continental Europe and beyond. The artist was buried at St. Anne’s Church, Kew in England. Zoffany’s work can now be found in major collections throughout Great Britain and around the world.
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