About Joseph Kranzinger
Lived 1731 – 1775 (aged 44). Joseph Kranzinger was a pastellist and painter.
Joseph Kranzinger (alternatively Krantzinger; 14 February 1731 in Mattsee – 27 March 1775 in Versailles) was an Austrian Rococo style pastel painter, best remembered for being commissioned by the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi to paint a portrait of Marie Antoinette in 1769, and for a later painting of the French queen which was misattributed to Jean-Étienne Liotard.
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Who was Joseph Kranzinger?
Rococo pastel painter (1731-1775)
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Joseph Kranzinger was born on 14 February 1731 in Mattsee.
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Joseph Kranzinger died on 27 March 1775 in Versailles.
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Joseph Kranzinger was a pastellist and painter.
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