Moritz Michael Duffinger (1790 - 1849)

Moritz Michael Duffinger

Moritz Michael Daffinger was an Austrian painter of the first half of the 19th century. Moritz Daffinger is known as a master of the portrait genre. He painted not on traditional canvas, but on more exotic materials: porcelain, ivory, or paper. The best masterpieces of his work today are in the private collections of patrons of the arts and members of the European high nobility, and his biography is closely linked to Vienna, where he lived all his life.

Moritz Daffinger was a master of miniature painting techniques and was noted for his extraordinary capacity for work. He created more than 1,000 portraits, and at the end of his life he was interested in floristry and left for posterity more than 400 watercolor works with images of flowers.

Moritz Michael Duffinger is rightly considered one of the best masters of portrait miniatures in the history of European painting. And his masterpieces still amaze art lovers with the refinement of images.