1785
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev is a 1785 unspecified by Heinrich Füger, a Rococo painting work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a man sitting in a formal pose. He's wearing fancy clothes and has a serious expression. The artist paid attention to the details of his face and clothes. The artist's style is interesting because it's simple and realistic. The subject looks like a real person, not just a formal portrait. You can see more paintings like this at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Heinrich Füger, known as the "Cosway of Vienna," was born in Germany and studied in Italy and Vienna, where he became a court painter to the imperial family. Like Cosway, Füger drew his clientele from aristocratic circles. However Füger was less flamboyant than Cosway, capable of capturing the sitter's individual character and personality.
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Heinrich Friedrich Füger (8 December 1751 – 5 November 1818) was a German portrait and historical painter and one of the most important German representatives of classicism.
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