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Johann Baptist Höchle (Klingnau/Aargau 1754 - 1832 Vienna)

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Johann Baptist Höchle (Klingnau/Aargau 1754 - 1832 Vienna)
Johann Baptist Höchle (Klingnau/Aargau 1754 - 1832 Vienna) A Scholar in his Study, bottom left signed & dated "Höchle 1795", oil on wood, 37 x 29 cm, orig., gilt Empire frame, (Wo).€ 2.800 - 3.500 US $ 2.770 - 3.470 Höchle, 1780 - 1800 court painter of the Prince Elector Karl Theodor in Bavaria. In 1793 he brought his painting "Zusammenkunft des Kurfürsten mit Kaiser Franz II. bei dessen Durchreise nach Frankfurt zur Krönung" (Meeting of Prince Electors with Emperor Franz II. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich) to Vienna where the emperor awarded him two golden medals and a golden cigarette case. In 1805 he moved to Vienna, where as a court painter he was involved in the decoration of Laxenburg and created numerous representational paintings of various contemporary court- and state events.
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