Martin Ferdinand Quadal

Self-Portrait, 1798

Martin Ferdinand Quadal (born Czech: Chvátal, 1736–1811), Moravian-Austrian painter and engraver, was born at Niemtschitz (Czech: Němčice), nearby Kojetín in Moravia in 1736. He came in early life to London, then visited France and Italy, worked at Vienna in 1787-9, and in St. Petersburg 1797-1804. After a second visit to London, he returned to St. Petersburg, where he died in 1811. He painted animal pieces, as well as military scenes, genre subjects, and portraits. He etched a Group of Cats, a Child with a Dog, and Studies from Domestic and Wild Animals (London, 1793).

Reference

• This article incorporates text from the article "Quadal, Martin Ferdinand" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886-1889 publication now in the public domain.

See also: Chvátal

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