Johann Christoph Frisch - Death of Field Marshal Schwerin

Johann Christoph Frisch (born 9 February 1738 in Berlin; died 28 February 1815 in Berlin) was a historical painter. He was the son of the designer and engraver, Ferdinand Helfreich Frisch. He was a pupil of B. Rode and afterwards studied further at Rome. He died in 1815, while holding the posts of court painter and director of the

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. He painted numerous ceilings in the palaces at Berlin,

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, and Sans Souci, with portraits, mythological representations, and scenes from the life of

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* 1737 births 1815 deaths 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists Artists from Berlin Court painters Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Academic staff of the Prussian Academy of Arts {{Germany-painter-stub

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