Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev

Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Date

c. 1785

Medium

watercolor on ivory in a later gilt metal and enamel frame

Culture

Germany, 18th century

Department

European Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Heinrich Füger, known as the "Cosway of Vienna," was born in Germany and studied in Italy and Vienna, where he became a court painter to the imperial family. Like Cosway, Füger drew his clientele from aristocratic circles. However Füger was less flamboyant than Cosway, capable of capturing the sitter's individual character and personality.

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