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Johann Rudolf Huber

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Self-portrait, 1710.

Johann Rudolf Huber (21 April 1668 – 28 February 1748) was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and Albrecht von Haller .

Biography

Huber was born as the son of a landlord in Basel. There, in Bern, Venice and Rome he learned to paint. In 1699 he was appointed court painter at the court in Stuttgart. He did portraits of nearly 5,000 of his contemporaries. He died in Basel.

Sources

Further reading

  • Maurice W. Brockwell, Catalogue of the pictures and other works of Art in the collection of Lord St. Oswald at Nostell Priory, London: 1915.
  • Matthew Pilkington, Henry Fuseli, A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of art to the present period, London: John Crowder 1805, p. 262 online
  • Manuel Kehrli: Sein Geist ist zu allem fähig. Der Maler, Sammler und Kunstkenner Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748). Basel 2010. content
  • Johann Rudolf Huber 1668-1748. Ein Maler der bernischen Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts. (Catalogue), Jegenstorf 1982.
  • Johann Caspar Füssli: Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz. Bd. 2 Orell, Gessner und Comp., Zurich 1757, S. 212-223 online

Gallery

  • Beat Fischer (1697)
    Beat Fischer (1697)
  • François-Louis de Pêmes de St.Saphorin
    François-Louis de Pêmes de St.Saphorin
  • Markgraf Carl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1710)
    Markgraf Carl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1710)
  • Marschall von Mentzingen
    Marschall von Mentzingen
  • Der Badener Friedenskongress (1714)
    Der Badener Friedenskongress (1714)
  • Samuel Frisching
    Samuel Frisching
  • Christoph Steiger
    Christoph Steiger
  • Albrecht von Haller
    Albrecht von Haller
  • Portrait of an unknown woman
    Portrait of an unknown woman
  • Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki
    Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki
  • Friedrich Karl von Württemberg, 1700
    Friedrich Karl von Württemberg, 1700
  • Johann Rudolf Rudolf
    Johann Rudolf Rudolf
  • Carl Friedrich Drollinger
    Carl Friedrich Drollinger
  • Daniel Bernoulli
    Daniel Bernoulli
  • self-portrait
    self-portrait
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johann Rudolf Huber.

External links

  • "Huber, Johann Rudolf". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.
  • 4 artworks by or after Johann Rudolf Huber at the Art UK site
This page was last edited on 8 February 2024, at 09:29
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