Salomon Landolt

Salomon Landolt (10 December 1741 – 26 November 1818) was a Swiss military officer, bailiff, politician and painter. He was elected to the Zürich city court, served as bailiff of Greifensee and Eglisau, and was involved in the reform of Zürich's military organisation. As a painter, he worked mainly in gouache and made military, hunting and landscape scenes. Gottfried Keller later portrayed him in the novella Der Landvogt von Greifensee.

Biography Salomon Landolt was born on 10 December 1741 in Zürich. He was the son of Johannes Landolt, chief bailiff of Hüttlingen, and remained unmarried. He was born into a family whose members held political and military offices.

In 1753 and 1754, Landolt received private lessons in Zürich alongside Johann Jakob Hess and Johann Heinrich Füssli. He then received military training at Wellenberg in Thurgau until 1764, while also taking lessons in portrait drawing from Johann Jakob Wirz. His subjects ranged from military and hunting scenes to riders, field guards and quieter landscapes, including moonlit compositions. Some of his works were later engraved by Franz Hegi.

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