Ján Kupecký (1667 – 1740)

was a Czech portrait painter during the baroque. He was active in Hungary, Vienna and Nürnberg.  He was the son of Protestant (Czech Brethren) parents from the Czech lands (Mladá Boleslav) who sought refuge in Royal Hungary from religious persecution by the Catholics. He was born in Pezinok - a town near Pressburg.  During his visit in Prague he worked together with Petr Jan Brandl.  He painted portraits of various members of the dynasty, Prince Eugene of Savoy, several aristocrats, and, in Karlovy Vary, even of the Russian Czar Peter I.