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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