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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
German painter, draughtsman, engraver, decorator. Moved to St Petersburg (1810), where he worked as an actor and singer (from 1810) and painted sets (from 1815) at the Deutsches Theater. Collaborated...