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Artists›Heinrich Friedrich Füger

Heinrich Friedrich Füger

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WA-00009744

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WikidataQ213739

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BiographyMuseum· 80%
Birth yearMuseum· 80%
Death yearMuseum· 80%
NationalityMuseum· 80%
Primary mediumMuseum· 80%
Profile imageMuseum· 80%

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About

Why this artist matters now

Heinrich Friedrich Füger was a German portrait and historical painter and one of the most important German representatives of classicism.

Source: Museum · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (15)

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Lais Taking Aristipp by Surprise

1801 · Brush and gray ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper

sheet: 18 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (46.3 x 35 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lais Taking Aristipp by Surprise

1801 · Brush and gray ink, gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on blue paper

sheet: 18 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (46.3 x 35 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seven Men in Antique Dress

1798 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 34.5 x 21.9 cm (13 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Archduke Carl of Hapsburg

1795 · Watercolor on ivory

Portrait: 6.7 × 5.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.); Framed: 7.9 × 6.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jonge vrouw met bonnet

1790 · etching on paper

height: 143 cm, width: 112 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Maria Louisa (1745–1792), Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Grand Duchess of Tuscany

1785 · Ivory

Octagonal, 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. (31 x 22 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maria Louisa (1745–1792), Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Grand Duchess of Tuscany

1785 · Ivory

Octagonal, 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. (31 x 22 mm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Carl Theodor, Archbishop of Mainz

1770 · Watercolor on ivory

Diam.: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Framed: Diam.: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Two Warriors in Classical Costume Bending over Two Figures

1765 · Black chalk and a few stray lines of black ink in lower left on yellow paper (or paper washed with yellow)

11 9/16 x 8 3/4 in. (29.3 x 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Belisarius Begging for Alms

1765 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, over graphite underdrawing

10 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. (27 x 36.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Man Embracing Woman with Child in Her Arms

1765 · Graphite; framing lines in graphite

3 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (7.8 x 4.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Belisarius Begging for Alms

1765 · Pen and brown ink over graphite underdrawing and white wash

10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.7 x 35.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man Embracing Woman with Child in Her Arms

1765 · Graphite; framing lines in graphite

3 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (7.8 x 4.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Warriors in Classical Costume Bending over Two Figures

1765 · Black chalk and a few stray lines of black ink in lower left on yellow paper (or paper washed with yellow)

11 9/16 x 8 3/4 in. (29.3 x 22.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Belisarius Begging for Alms

1765 · Pen and brown ink over graphite underdrawing and white wash

10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.7 x 35.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

15 published of 15 catalogued · 9 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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Nga
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1 entries · 1 sources

Jonge vrouw met bonnet
1790 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

11 assets

Portrait of a Man with a White Ruff (c. 1790)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Marie Karolina Anna, Countess Thun (c. 1790)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Ivan Grigorevich, Count Chernyshev (c. 1785)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Archduke Carl of Hapsburg (c. 1800)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart

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