Johann Heinrich Keller
Johann Heinrich Keller (1692 – 1765), was an 18th-century painter from Switzerland active in the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
He was born in Zurich and was first the pupil of his father Johann Keller, a sculptor.[1] He moved to the Hague and became the teacher of Dirk van der Aa and Cornelis Kuipers.[1] He is known for his wall decorations and in 1751 he worked in the Hague on wall decorations for a mansion on the Lange Voorhout, now called the Escher Museum.[1] In 1753 he made wall decorations for what is now Het Loo Palace.[1]
He died in The Hague.[1]
References
- Paintings by Johann Heinrich Keller at the Art UK site
- Johann Heinrich Keller on Artnet
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