Johann Friedrich Gerhard (1695-1748)

• Was a German painter.

• He was active in Bayreuth, Bavaria.

• Johann Friedrich Gerhard joined the royal Danish Court.

• In 1742 got title of royal cabinet painter.

• He was multi-faceted artist: portrait painter, animal painter, and made expensive cabinet pictures.

• For a smaller image: Frederik V. on horse riding through a triumphal arch he received 200 Danish rigsdaler.

• For a tiger in body size and for 3 small yellow horses 618 Danish rigsdaler.

• Most of his pictures were small and on copper, such as "The Royal Family", cabinet piece (1743).

• His death, in mid-1748 was in Copenhagen.

• His wife, Eva Louise, survived him.

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