Georg Gsell
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Georg Gsell was a Swiss
Baroque
painter, art consultant and art dealer. Was recruited by Peter the Great in 1716 and went to Russia. First curator of the Imperial art gallery founded in 1720.
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter, art consultant and art dealer. Was recruited by Peter the Great in 1716 and went to Russia. First curator of the Imperial art gallery founded in 1720.
- Wife - Maria-Dorothea, also artist, daughter of famous Maria Sibylla MerianMaria Sibylla MerianMaria Sibylla Merian was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them...
. - Daughter Katharina married mathematician Leonhard EulerLeonhard EulerLeonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion...
in 1733.
Literature
- Otto Gsell: Georg Gsell (1673-1749), Hofmaler Peters des Grossen (Courtpainter of Peter the Great)