(June 24, 1695 - March 23, 1770) was a Swedish-Austrian painter who painted members of the royal Court of Austria such as Marie Antoinette, Maria Theresa of Austria, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor's family and others. His painting style has inspired many other painters to paint in a similar format.
Related Paintings of Martin van Meytens :. | Portrait of Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria | Maria Carolina of Austria | Stephan und Maria Theresia mit elf Kindern | Portrait of Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg with her two oldest children, the future Victor Amadeus III and Princess Eleonora | Portrait of Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria | Related Artists:
dante alighieriBorn: 1265
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: September 1321 (Malaria)
Best Known As: The author of The Divine Comedy
Richard Cobden1840-1910
Eduard Magnus(January 7, 1799 - August 8, 1872) was a German painter.
Magnus was born in Berlin, and studied simultaneously at the Berlin Academy of Art, Bauakademie, and University of Berlin. He later traveled to Paris and Italy, returning to Germany in 1829. He went to Italy again in 1831, and traveled through Paris and England before returning again in 1835. In 1837 he became a member of the Academy of Art, and in 1844 a professor. From 1850 to 1853 he traveled to France and Spain. He died in 1872 in Berlin. He was for a time the preeminent portrait painter in Berlin.
Eduard Magnus was the elder brother of the physicist and chemist Heinrich Gustav Magnus.
