Johann Jakob Dorner the Elder (1741–1813), who was born at Ehrenstetten, near

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

Breisgau The Breisgau () is an area in southwest Germany between the Rhine River and the foothills of the Black Forest. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, it centers on the city of Freiburg im Breisgau. The district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, ...

, was a painter of historical and genre subjects. He was at first a pupil of Rösch at Freiburg and of Ignaz Bauer at

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...

. He afterwards visited Italy, the Netherlands, and Paris. He was a professor and director of the Gallery at Munich in 1770, and died in that city in 1813. In the Darmstadt Gallery is a picture of ''Two Soldiers and a Maiden'' by him; and in the Pinakothek at Munich, a ''Linen Draper'', which is a portrait of his wife, dated 1775. The amateur

Amalia von Schattenhofer Amalia von Schattenhofer, born Amalia Schweinhammer-Baader (1763–1840) was a German art collector and amateur painter. Born in Erding to a physician, Georg Schewinhammer, who died when she was eight, Amalie was adopted by her stepfather, Ferdin ...

was a pupil of Dorner.Profile of Amalia von Schattenhofer
at the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''. His son also became a painter.

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* 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists 1741 births 1813 deaths Artists from Freiburg im Breisgau {{Germany-painter-stub

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