Johann Joseph Zoffany

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Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733 –1810)

• Was a German neoclassical painter.
• Johan Zoffany 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.
• She accompanied him to London, but returned to Germany within a decade or so.
• 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).
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Johann Joseph Zoffany, John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and His Family, c. 1766

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and His Family, c. 1766

Johann Joseph Zoffany, David Garrick as John Brute in 'The Provok'd Wife' by Vanbrugh, Drury Lane, 1763-1764

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, David Garrick as John Brute in 'The Provok'd Wife' by Vanbrugh, Drury Lane, 1763-1764

Johann Joseph Zoffany, The Lavie Children, c. 1770

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, The Lavie Children, c. 1770

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Plundering the King`s Cellar at Paris, 1794

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, The Sharp Family, 1779-81

Original, National Portrait Gallery, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, The Sharp Family, 1779-81

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702-1771), c. 1761

Original, National Portrait Gallery, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702-1771), c. 1761

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Scene from Love in a Village, 1767

Original, DIA, Detroit Institute of Arts. Visited in 2020.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Scene from Love in a Village, 1767

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Scene from Love in a Village, 1767

Johann Joseph Zoffany, The Bradshaw Family, exhibited 1769

Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Mr and Mrs Dalton and their Niece Mary de Heulle, c. 1765–8

Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Mr and Mrs Dalton and their Niece Mary de Heulle, c. 1765–8

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Three Daughters of John, 3rd Earl of Bute, c. 1763–4

Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Three Sons of John, 3rd Earl of Bute, c.1763–4

Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match, c. 1784–6

Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2018.

Johann Joseph Zoffany, Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match, c. 1784–6

Johann Zoffany, Sir Thomas Stapleton, c. 1780

Original, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland. Visited in 2021.

Johann Zoffany, Sir Thomas Stapleton, c. 1780