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Johann Wilhelm Gottfried Barth

German painter, graphic artist. Born in the city of Magdeburg in the semi-autonomous Duchy of Magdeburg in the Kingdom of Prussia (1779). Studied under Johann Hubert Anton Forst at the Berliner Porze...

Franz Krüger

German painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of a German nobleman called Friedrich Krüger in the village of Großbadegast in the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau (1797). Studied under Carl Wilhelm Kol...

Andreas Römpler

German jeweller. Born in the family of Gregor Römpler in Saxony (mid-18th century). Moved to St Petersburg (1790), where he worked as a diamond trader and jeweller (1791–96). Married Anna Schell, dau...

Johann Wilhelm Keibel

German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: Keibel. Born in the town of Pasewalk in Prussia (1788). Studied under his uncle Otto Samuel Keibel (1800s) and inherited his workshop in St Petersbu...

Gotthard Ferdinand Stang

Baltic German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: G.F.ST or STANG. Born in Reval (now Tallinn) in Estonia (1780). Studied under Johann Daniel Kohlhoff in Reval (1806–12). Joined the foreign g...

Axel Hedlund

Norwegian jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: AHL in a rectangle. Born in Norway (1764). Master of the guild of foreign silversmiths in St Petersburg (1799) and alderman (1816). Worked on imperial commi...

Peter Andreas Müller

Danish jeweller, silversmith. Born in Denmark (c. 1770). Master of a guild in St Petersburg (from 1794). Created silver tankards decorated with mythological heroes (1820s). Opened his own workshop (1...

Johann Friedrich Tielker (Tielcker)

German painter, draughtsman, engraver, interior designer, architect. Elder brother of painter Franz Karl Tielker (1765–1845). Born in the north German town of Brunswick (1763). Trained as a silhouett...

Carl von Kügelgen

German painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Twin brother of Gerhard von Kügelgen, father of artist Constantin von Kügelgen (1810–1880). Born to Franz Ferdinand Anton von Kügelgen (1727–88) an...

Gerhard von Kügelgen

German painter. Twin brother of Carl von Kügelgen. Born to Franz Ferdinand Anton von Kügelgen (1727–88) and Maria Justina Hoegg (1744–1805) in the Palatinate town of Bacharach am Rhein (1772). Attend...

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