Georg Caspar Prenner


Name
Georg Caspar Prenner
Life Dates
c. 1720-1766
Country
Germany
Movement
Rococo

Georg Caspar Prenner Biography

German portraitist Georg Caspar Prenner (c.1720-1766) came to Russia in 1750 on the invitation of count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov. His contract was for 5 years, during which he became so wealthy that could lend his patron, Count Vorontsov, big sums of money. Though after the end of the contract it was not renewed, as Vorontsov thought the artist to be “hot-tempered, who could not live in peace with...


Georg Caspar Prenner 2 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Georg Caspar Prenner. Portrait of Count  J. E. Sievers.
    Portrait Of Count J. E. Sievers.

    Mid 18 century. Oil on canvas. Ryazan Art Museum, Ryazan, Russia. Read Note.

  • Georg Caspar Prenner. Portrait of the English
 Merchant Gulf.
    Portrait Of The English Merchant Gulf.

    1753. Oil on canvas. 134 x 97.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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