- Johann Caspar Füssli
Johann Caspar Füssli (
3 January 1706 –6 May 1782 ) was a Swissportrait painter.He was born in
Zurich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer.He studied painting in
Vienna between 1724 and 1731, and then became a portraitist in the courts of southernGermany .In 1736, he returned to
Zurich , where he painted the members of the Government and figures of the Enlightenment era such asJohann Jakob Bodmer orFriedrich Gottlieb Klopstock . He died inZurich .He married Elisabeth Waser, and they had the following children:
** Hans Rudolf Füssli,
** Johann Heinrich Füssli "(Henry Fuseli)", (3 December 1745 in Zurich,26 December 1832 in Zurich), painter
**Johann Kaspar Füssli (9 March 1743 in Zurich,4 May 1786 in Winterthur), painter and entomologist.Publications
* "Geschichte und Abbildung der besten Mahler in der Schweitz", (1754-1757), (Story And Illustration Of The Best Swiss Painters)
* "Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz" (1769-1779), (Story Of The Best Swiss Artists)External links
*HDS|22018|Füssli, Johann Caspar
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