Giovanni Battista Lampi the Elder (de:

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 Johann Baptist von Lampi der Ältere; December 31, 1751 – February 11, 1830) was an Austria

Austria

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n historical and portrait painter.

He was born at Romeno

Romeno

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, in the County of Tyrol

County of Tyrol

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. He became a professor at the Vienna

Vienna

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 Academy in 1786, but subsequently he resided in Russia

Russia

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, where he devoted himself to portrait

Portrait

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 painting, and amassed a large fortune. He died at Vienna. He painted a portrait of the Empress Maria Fedorovna. His son, Johann Baptist the Younger

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger was an Austrian portrait painter. He was born at Trento and studied under his father, Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder, and later at the Academy at Vienna. He went with his father for thirteen years to St. Petersburg, and became a member of the Academy at...

, was also a painter.