Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch

Born: Stuttgart, 10 September 1758

Died: Stuttgart, 31 December 1838

Nationality: German


Works by this Artist

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi
Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch, 1794

Background

son of court musician Christian Heinrich Hetsch

Studies

with painters Nicolas Guibal and Friedrich Harper at the Ducal Military Academy (Herzogliche Militarakademie) in Stuttgart which included the Academie des Arts (1771-80); with Joseph-Marie Vien in Paris (1780-82)

Career

1780 –appointed Court Painter to Duke of Württemberg ( Stuttgart)

1783 – met Jacques-Louis David in Paris

1787 –honorary member of Accademia delle Belle Arti, Bologna

1787-1794 - professor at Karlsakademie, Stuttgart

1795 –Director of painting gallery at Ludwigsburg Palace (home of Dukes of Württemberg)

1801 – member, Prussian Academy of Arts

1808 – ennobled, retired as Court Painter

Travels

Paris (1780-82, 1783, 1808-10); Rome (1785-87, 1794-96, 1802-03)

Important Artworks

Generosity Rewarding Genius, 1784 (Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Departure of Regulus, 1803-04 (Landesmuseum Württemberg)

Ascension of Christ, 1808 (Landesmuseum Württemberg)

Readings

Fleischhauer, Werner. Philipp Friedrich Hetsch. Stuttgart: Matthaes, 1929 (in German)

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