antoine-françois callet (1741 - 1823)
Antoine-François Callet was a French painter of portraits and allegorical works, who acted as official portraitist to Louis XVI.
Antoine-François Callet was a French painter of portraits and allegorical works, who acted as official portraitist to Louis XVI.
Jakob Philipp Hackert was a German painter of the second half of the 18th and early 19th centuries. He is known as a landscape painter and printmaker, a representative of neoclassicism and romanticism.
Hackert reached the peak of creative activity in 1770-1780. He was recognized by the European aristocracy, and for a time served as court painter to King Ferdinand IV of Naples, as well as receiving commissions from representatives of the Russian imperial family, such as Empress Catherine II and the heir to the throne, Paul Petrovich. His work, according to critics, was characterized by high craftsmanship and aristocratic elegance.
