Friedrich-heirich Fuger Artwork valuations, appraisals and auction estimates

(8 December 1751 Heilbronn, Württemberg – 5 November 1818, Vienna). He was a pupil of Guibal in Stuttgart and of Oeser in Leipzig. Read the full biography

(8 December 1751 Heilbronn, Württemberg – 5 November 1818, Vienna). He was a pupil of Guibal in Stuttgart and of Oeser in Leipzig. He later traveled and spent some time in Rome and Naples, where he painted frescoes in the Palazzo Caserta. Upon his return to Vienna, he was appointed court painter, professor and deputy director of the Academy and in 1806 director of the Belvedere Gallery. Among his historical paintings: "The Farewell of Coriolanus" (Czernin Gallery, Vienna), "Allegory on Peace of Vienna" (1801), "The Death of Germanicus" (1789), "The Assassination of Caesar" and "Bathsheba" (Budapest Gallery). Among his portraits are those of Emperor Joseph II, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Wilhelmina of Württemberg, Queen Caroline of Naples, and Lord Nelson (National Portrait Gallery, London). He painted in the classical style of David and Mengs and tended to be theatrical. Füger was also a teacher, among his students was Philipp Gustav Zwinger.