Franz Christoph Janneck

(1703 - 1761)

• Was an Austrian painter in the Baroque style.
• He specialized in genre scenes, often with mythological themes, as well as some portraits, landscapes and religious works.
• His father, Martin Jänneg was a minor artist, originally from Croatia.
• His mother, Anna, was from Lugano.
• His brother, Matthias also became a painter.
• After completing his secondary education in Graz, he took art lessons from a little known still-life painter named Matthias Vangus.
• He moved to Vienna in 1726 and became a student of the court painter, Jacob van Schuppen.
• In 1736, he married Anna Maria Canton, daughter of the painter Franz Canton.
• He returned to Vienna around 1740.
• He took over management of a genre painting class at the Academy and served as Rector from 1752 to 1754, when he resigned, following his wife's death.

• A street in the Hietzing district of Vienna is named after him.

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