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    Johann Georg Ziesenis (1716 – 4 March 1776) was a German–Danish portrait painter. Ziesenis' father Johan Jürgen Ziesenis was a painter from Hanover, who...
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    II of Prussia by Johann Georg Ziesenis is a portrait of Frederick the Great painted by the German-Danish painter Johann Georg Ziesenis in 1763. In 1913...
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  • Margaretha Ziesenis was a German portrait painter and miniaturist. She was a daughter of the painter Johann Georg Ziesenis and sister of the painter Maria...
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    during his reign. According to Karin Schrader, Der Bildnismaler Johann Georg Ziesenis (1717–1776) (Münster 1995), pp. 101–119, it is not clear that Frederick...
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    Johann Georg Ziesenis: William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806). Prinsjesdag originally was the celebration of his birthday during his reign in the 18th...
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    engravers, among them Antoine Pesne, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Johann Georg Ziesenis, Gottfried Hempel, Johann Heinrich Christian Franke, Charles-Amédée-Philippe...
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    before a limited circle from six to ten o'clock. Johann Christian Bach, eleventh son of the great Johann Sebastian Bach, was then music-master to the Queen...
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    February 18 – Lady Anne Monson, English botanist (b. 1726) March 4 – Johann Georg Ziesenis, German – Danish portrait painter (b. 1716) March 5 – Pierre-Robert...
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    who became the first King of the Netherlands as William I . Prince Willem Georg Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau (The Hague, 15 February 1774 – Padua,...
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    Neustrelitz after suffering a fit of apoplexy. He was succeeded by his eldest son Georg. After unsuccessful attempts to marry a Princess of Denmark and a Princess...
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    are reworkings of portraits by Johann Georg Ziesenis. Sometime during this period, he also created a portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Despite this...
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    Elisabeth Ziesenis, later Lampe (July 26, 1744 – August 24, 1796) was a German painter. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Ziesenis was a daughter of Johann Georg Ziesenis...
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    a long time exploring the antiquities of the city under the guidance of Johann Winckelmann. During their travels the couple also met Pietro Nardini and...
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    expected her to act as his agent in Denmark and help him to remove Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff from his position, but she never participated...
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    play to his father who would write them down". A family friend, the poet Johann Andreas Schachtner, recounted that at the age of four Wolfgang began to...
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    age of 7, he received his own royal household with the German nobleman Georg Wilhelm von Söhlenthal as his hofmeister. Söhlenthal was an ardent supporter...
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    Charles as a child, portrait by Johann Georg Ziesenis....
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    cousins with Empress Maria Theresa On the suggestion of his court-preacher, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Jerusalem, in 1745 he founded the Collegium Carolinum...
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    Friederike Portrait by Johann Georg Ziesenis Duchess consort of Württemberg Tenure 20 May 1795 – 23 December 1797 Born (1736-12-18)18 December 1736 Schwedt...
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    experimented with silver refining, but was not very successful, according to Johann Heinrich Müntz. In July 1763 the Russian senate insisted on being paid promptly;...
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    point of worship and is completely governed by her. The other son, Prince Georg, is the most ridiculous person imaginable, and so silly that he can never...
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    Elisabeth Christine Crown Princess of Prussia Portrait by Johann Georg Ziesenis, 1765 Born (1746-11-08)8 November 1746 Wolfenbüttel, Principality of...
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  • (1608–1682) Christian Zacho (1843–1913) Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917) Johann Georg Ziesenis (1716–1777) Biography portal Denmark portal Lists portal Visual...
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    "good offices" long before the incident at Goejanverwellesluis, and sent Johann Eustach von Görtz to mediate between the stadtholder and the "aristocratic"...
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    educated in arts and sciences. She was a close friend of the anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Christiane collected a comprehensive library, which...
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    Michaëlis, Jacobus Schoemaker Doyer, Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk and Johann Georg Ziesenis as well as his son, Christiaan. In 1799, he suffered a stroke that...
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    the spectacularly bankrupt banker Leendert Pieter de Neufville Büsch, Johann Georg (1797) Versuch einer Geschichte der Hamburgischen Handlung nebst 2 kleineren...
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    Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae (ca. 17 December 1724 – 1 May 1793), often known as J.G.R. Andreae or I.G.R. Andreae, was a Hanoverian natural scientist...
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  • – Francis Hayman, painter and illustrator (born 1708) March 4 - Johann Georg Ziesenis, German-Danish portrait painter (born 1716) March 18 – Gerard Vandergucht...
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    Charles Augustus. Frederick and his brother were educated by the Hofmeister, Johann Eustach von Görtz and later by Christoph Martin Wieland. After his brother...
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