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Austro-Hungarian painter (1803–1887)

Friedrich von Amerling (14 April 1803 – 14 January 1887) was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef.^[1] He was born in Vienna and was court painter between 1835 and 1880.

Friedrich von Amerling is considered one of the foremost artists of the Biedermeier period.

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Friedrich von Amerling () was an Austrian painter in the court of Franz Josef.

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Although unsigned, this is an absolutely authentic work of the famous Austrian portrait painter Friedrich von Amerling.

With Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, he is one of the outstanding Austrian portrait painters of the 19th century.

Biography

He was the son of the gold- and silversmith Franz Amerling and Theresia Kargl. He studied from 1815 to 1824 at the academy of the arts in Vienna, before journeying to Prague where he studied at the Academy until 1826.

He spent 1827 and 1828 in London, where he was influenced by the portrait painter Thomas Lawrence.^[2] Further journeys led him to Paris, where he studied with Horace Vernet, and Rome; he then returned to Vienna, where after 1828 he worked for the Austrian court, the aristocracy and middle class.

He received the Reichel prize of the academy in Vienna in 1829.