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Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733 –1810)

• Was a German painter.
• He was born near Frankfurt.
• In 1750, he travelled to Rome, entering the studio of Agostino Masucci.
• Around the age of 27, Zoffany married the daughter of a court official in Würzburg.
• In autumn 1760 he arrived in England.
• By 1764 he was enjoying the patronage of the royal family, King George III and Queen Charlotte. 
• Zoffany spent the years 1783 to early 1789 in India, where he painted portraits.
• His name is sometimes spelled Zoffani or Zauffelij (on his grave, it is spelled Zoffanij).
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Johann Joseph Zoffany, Self-portrait, 1775-1776.
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