1. Johan Zoffany's works appear in many prominent British collections, including the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery and the Royal Collection, as well as institutions in continental Europe, India, the United States and Australia.
11 Facts About Johan Zoffany
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Johan Zoffany's name is sometimes spelled Zoffani or Zauffelij.
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Johan Zoffany was popular with the Austrian imperial family and was created a baron of the Holy Roman Empire in 1776 by Empress Maria Theresa.
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William Dalrymple describes Johan Zoffany as having been "the first and last Royal Academician to have become a cannibal".
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Johan Zoffany died in his home at Strand-on-the-Green on 11 November 1810.
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Johan Zoffany is buried in the churchyard of St Anne's Church, Kew.
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Around the age of 27, Johan Zoffany married the daughter of a court official in Wurzburg.
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Johan Zoffany accompanied him to London but returned to Germany within a decade or so.
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Johan Zoffany left for Florence in 1772 and was followed by young Mary Thomas, the daughter of a London glovemaker, who was carrying his first child.
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Johan and Mary Zoffany had five children, including a son and four daughters.
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In 1781 Johan Zoffany painted Robert Sayer in an important 'conversation piece'.