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Swiss painter
Self-portrait, 1710.
Johann Rudolf Huber (21 April 1668 – 28 February 1748) was an eminent
Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were
Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach ,
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and
Albrecht von Haller .
Biography
Huber was born as the son of a landlord in
Basel . There, in
Bern ,
Venice and
Rome he learned to paint. In 1699 he was appointed court painter at the court in
Stuttgart . He did portraits of nearly 5,000 of his contemporaries. He died in
Basel .
Sources
Further reading
Maurice W. Brockwell, Catalogue of the pictures and other works of Art in the collection of Lord St. Oswald at Nostell Priory , London: 1915.
Matthew Pilkington, Henry Fuseli, A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of art to the present period , London: John Crowder 1805, p. 262
online
Manuel Kehrli: Sein Geist ist zu allem fähig. Der Maler, Sammler und Kunstkenner Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748). Basel 2010.
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Johann Rudolf Huber 1668-1748. Ein Maler der bernischen Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts. (Catalogue), Jegenstorf 1982.
Johann Caspar Füssli: Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz. Bd. 2 Orell, Gessner und Comp., Zurich 1757, S. 212-223
online
Gallery
Beat Fischer (1697)
François-Louis de Pêmes de St.Saphorin
Markgraf Carl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1710)
Marschall von Mentzingen
Der Badener Friedenskongress (1714)
Samuel Frisching
Christoph Steiger
Albrecht von Haller
Portrait of an unknown woman
Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki
Friedrich Karl von Württemberg, 1700
Johann Rudolf Rudolf
Carl Friedrich Drollinger
Daniel Bernoulli
self-portrait
External links
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