Daniel Caffé (21 July 1750 – 16 January 1815) was a German pastel painter of portraits. Caffé was born in Küstrin, and began his career as a painter of architectural decoration. He traveled to

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, where he became a portrait artist. In this way gained access into the

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the produc ...

under

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. He was influenced by the neoclassical work of Mengs. After ten years in Dresden, he moved to Leipzig. He was favored by requests from Russian patrons, including Prince Beloselski and Admiral Fyodor Grigoryevich Orloff. He was also known for copying works from Dresden Gallery. He died in

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, aged 64.

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* 1750 births 1815 deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters German portrait painters German pastel artists 19th-century German male artists {{Germany-painter-stub

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