Art, literature & historyJan Kupecký
1667–1740
Selected artwork
Portrait of the Painter Franz Werner von Tamm
1682-1724
Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
Other names (67)
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Biography
Jan Kupecký (Slovak: Ján Kupecký, German: Johann Kupetzky, Hungarian: Kupecky/Kupeczky János; 1667 – 16 July 1740) was a Czech portrait painter during the Baroque era. He was active in Hungary, Vienna and Nuremberg. Bernhard Vogel produced many engravings after Kupecký's paintings.
Kupecký, like many people at that time, was the son of Protestant (Czech Brethren) parents from Mladá Boleslav in Bohemia who sought refuge in Royal Hungary from religious persecution by the Catholics. He was born in Pezinok – a town near Pressburg.
According to the sources he began his studies with the Swiss painter Benedikt Klaus, who was active in both Vienna and in Royal Hungary. At the age of twenty, Kupecký went on a long Italian study trip. In Rome Prince Aleksander Benedykt Sobieski, the son of the Polish king John III Sobieski, helped him to become famous. He returned to Vienna in 1709, after twenty-two years spent in Venice and Rome. We know little of his Italian activity as well as his early works and his setting in Vienna.
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Later influence
- Christian Seyboldeditorial inference
Evidence
Reviewed the named influence and direction in the source passage. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Jan Kupecký. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes1 recorded work
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)1 recorded work