Johann Harper (August 1688, Stockholm - 4 December 1746, Potsdam) was a Swedish painter who worked at the Prussian Royal Court. He was the son of Jakob...

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his...

relieved by a painted ceiling executed by the Swedish-born painter Johann Harper, depicting the goddess Flora with her acolytes, throwing flowers down...

and enamel paintings are also part of his output. Ismael Mengs and Johann Harper were his students in those genres. In addition to his work on perspective...

painter Johann Harper. After his father's death, Harper visited France and Italy, where he studied landscape painting under Richard Wilson. Harper first...

The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, juice harp, or mouth harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed...

live with Johann Nepomuk on his farm. Johann Nepomuk Hiedler (also known as Johann Nepomuk Hüttler) was named after a Bohemian saint, Johann von Nepomuk...

Johann Gottlieb Faber (1717–1779) was a Lutheran theologian of Germany. Johann Gottlieb Faber was born at Stuttgart on 8 March 1717. He studied at Tübingen...

Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised 11 September [O.S. 1 September] 1653 – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who...

Henry Fuseli RA (/ˈfjuːzəli, fjuːˈzɛli/ FEW-zə-lee, few-ZEL-ee; German: Johann Heinrich Füssli [ˈjoːhan ˈhaɪ̯nʁɪç ˈfyːsli]; 7 February 1741 – 17 April...

Johann Dubez (1828 – 27 October 1891) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso of mandolin, guitar, harp and zither. Dubez was born and died in Vienna, Austria...

Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (born 26 September 1962), also known as Olaf Olafsson, is an Icelandic businessman and writer. He is best known for his tenure at...

McClintock, John (1880). "Lund, Johann". The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. New York: Harper & Brothers. Carstens, Carsten...

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, and one of the teachers of Ludwig...

Literature. Supplement.—Vol. 2. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 637. Schott, Theodor (1882). "Klemm, Johann Conrad". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie...

John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor...

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (11 May 1752 – 22 January 1840) was a German physician, naturalist, physiologist and anthropologist. He is considered to be...

Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer and Orientalist...

the works of other composers. A particularly significant influence was Johann Christian Bach, whom he visited in London in 1764 and 1765. When he was...

Despite mentions of this instrument in previous centuries (see Juan Hidalgo), Johann Christian Dietz has been recognized as the inventor of the instrument in...

Johann Georg Hamann (/ˈhɑːmɑːn/; German: [ˈhaːman]; 27 August 1730 – 21 June 1788) was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg known as "the Wizard...

Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky of Woschütz; (German: Karl Alois Johann-Nepomuk Vinzenz Leonhard, Fürst Lichnowsky von Woschütz, also known as Carl Alois...

Johann Georg Elser (German: [ˈɡeː.ɔʁk ˈɛl.zɐ]] ; 4 January 1903 – 9 April 1945) was a German worker who planned and carried out an elaborate assassination...

convinced the Austrian local authorities to acknowledge his deceased stepfather Johann Georg Hiedler as his biological father. This meant that Klara legally became...

Johann Heinrich Scheibler (11 November 1777 – 20 January 1837) was a silk manufacturer from Crefeld, Prussia, without a scientific background, who went...

Features / RVK Studios Baltasar Kormákur (director/screenplay); Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (screenplay); Egill Ólafsson, Kōki The Inheritance Vertical Alejandro...

mouth harp was tuned to different basic tones, which made even chromatic sequences possible. — Walter Maurer, 1983 (translated from German) Johann Heinrich...

Genius. New York: Harper, 2010. p. 83. Binder, Devin K.; Schaller, Karl; Clusmann, Hans (2007). "The seminal contributions of Johann-Christian Reil to...

Johann Schobert (c. 1720, 1735 or 1740 – 28 August 1767) was a composer and harpsichordist. His date of birth is given variously as about 1720, about 1735...

Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1 May 1591 – 15 August 1666) was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. He spent most of his life as a missionary...