Johann Zoffany

(1733–1810) German painter (1733–1810)

Johann Zoffany (Germany, 1733–1810) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Johann Zoffany belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.

Johann Zoffany was born in Frankfurt and died in London. Johann Zoffany worked in England, Vienna, Ellwangen, and Regensburg. Wikidata associates Johann Zoffany with Neoclassicism. Johann Zoffany became a member of Royal Academy of Arts and Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.

The best-known works include ‘Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match’, ‘The Death of Captain James Cook’, ‘The Tribuna of the Uffizi’, and ‘Last Supper’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, history painting, and self-portrait. The catalogue has 157 works by Johann Zoffany with free images. The dated works span the years 1756–1810. Works by Johann Zoffany are held by several collections, among them Royal Collection, Yale Center for British Art, Tate, and Holburne Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Johann Heinrich Tischbein d.ä., Luise Caroline av Hessen-Darmstadt, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, Theresa Concordia Maron, and Januarius Zick.

• Rococo
• The Tribuna of the Uffizi
• Charles Townley in his Sculpture Gallery