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Man's Fortitude

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein · late 18th–early 19th century

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: 1751–1829

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Goethe Tischbein, Heinrich wilhelm tischbein, H. W. Tischbein, H.W. Tischbein il tedesco, J. Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, j. h. tischbein, j. h. wilhelm Tischbein, j. h. wilh. tischbein, J. H. W. Tischbein, johann heinrich tischbein, Johann Heinr. Wilhelm I Tischbein, johann heinr. wilhelm tischbein, Johann Heinr. Wilh. Tischbein, johann heinr. w. tischbein, Johann H. W. Tischbein, Johann Tischbein, Johann Wilhelm Tischbein, joh. heinrich tischbein, joh. heinr. wilhelm tischbein, joh. heinr. wilh. tischbein, Joh. Heinr. Wilh. Tischbein I, Joh. Heinr. W. Tischbein, Joh. H. Wilhelm Tischbein, Joh. H. Wilh. Tischbein, Joh. H. W. Tischbein, joh. w. tischbein, J.W. Tischbein, Neapolitaner Tischbein, Wilhelm Tischbein, w. tischbein

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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the Goethe Tischbein (15 February 1751 – 26 June 1829), was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists.

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein was born on 15 February 1751 in Haina. His father was Johann Conrad, a carpenter. Tischbein began his artistic studies with his uncle, Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (The "Kassel Tischbein"), in 1765, when Johann Heinrich Wilhelm was only 14 years old. Soon after, he began his travels, first working at the studio of his uncle Johann Jacob Tischbein in Hamburg before moving to Bremen in 1771, and then travelling through Holland in 1772 and 1773.

Tischbein returned to Kassel in 1773. Between 1773 and 1775 he completed many portrait commissions with his brother Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger. In 1777, he established himself as a portrait painter in Berlin, and completed commissions with the help of his younger brother Heinrich Jacob. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm was able to visit Rome in 1779 and continue his studies, thanks to a stipend from the Kunsthochschule Kassel. During this time, his style progressed from Rococo to Classicism.

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Man's Fortitude

late 18th–early 19th century

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite

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Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite
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sheet: 14 3/16 x 18 11/16 in. (36 x 47.5 cm)
Collection no.
2011.266
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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. Man's Fortitude. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. Man's Fortitude. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.