Johann Heinrich Tischbein

1722–1789 · Rococo

Johann Heinrich Tischbein was a German painter. He was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and an important member of the Tischbein family of German painters, which spanned three generations. His work consisted primarily of portraits of the nobility, mythological scenes, and historical paintings. For his mythology paintings his models were mostly members of the upper nobility.

40 paintings

• Portrait of Henirich Reuss
• Antony and Cleopatra (1773)
• Cleopatra at her Toilet (1767)
• Mark Antony Visiting Cleopatra after His Defeat of Octavian (1767)
• Portrait of Maria Anna Treu (1755)
• The three sons of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1755)
• The Choice of Heracles (1779)
• Portrait of a Woman (1770)
• Family Timmermann (1758)
• The Artist and his Wife Marie Sophie at the Spinet (1756)
• Museum der Stadt Bad Bergzabern (1768)
• Der Triumph Hermanns nach seinem Sieg über Varus (1758)
• Portrait of a young lady (1753)
• Minerva in Armour (1779)
• Self-portrait of Johan Heinrich Tischbein, at a young age (1754)
• The Muse Terpsichore (the nine muses, 1782) (1782)
• The Muse Thalia (the nine muses, c.1771) (1771)
• The Muse Urania (the nine muses, 1782) (1782)
• The Muse Polyhymnia (the nine muses, 1781) (1781)
• The Muse Melpomene (the nine muses, 1771) (1771)
• The Muse Erato (the nine muses, 1781) (1781)
• The Muse Euterpe (the nine muses, 1782) (1782)
• The Muse Clio (the nine muses, 1780) (1780)
• The Muse Calliope (the nine muses, 1780) (1780)
• Self-portrait of Johan Heinrich Tischbein, at an older age (1782)
• Portrait of Juliane, Fürstin zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1781)
• Aeneas before Dido (1773)
• Jupiter in the Guise of Diana Seducing Callisto (1756)
• Acis and Galatea (1758)
• Portrait of Wilhelm VIII. Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (1760)
• Narcissus (1770)
• Portrait of Wilhelmine Caroline Amalie Tischbein (The Blue Lady) (1780)
• Hercules and Omphale (1754)
• Self-portrait in middle age (1760)
• Self-portrait (before 1754) (1754)
• Landscape with Figures (1770)
• Philippine Amalie Landgräfin von Hessen-Kassel (nach 1797) (1797)
• Wilhelmine Caroline Amalie Tischbein (um 1780/1785) (1785)
• Portrait of Amalie Apell (1757-1837) (1773)
• Prince Henry of Prussia (1726-1802) (1769)