Johann David Passavant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann David Passavant

German artist

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1787

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1861

Profession: painter, art historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Johann David Passavant (18 September 1787 – 17 August 1861) was a German painter, curator and artist.Passavant was born in 1787 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
His interest in the arts was evident by an early correspondence with the artist Franz Pforr (1788–1812).
He moved to Paris in 1809 to further his business interests.
He returned to Frankfurt in 1824 where art history evermore occupied his interest.
His Tour of a German artist in England (1833 in German; 1836 translated into English by Lady Eastlake) remains a significant source for art historians, as do his catalogues of old master prints, whose numbering is still followed by some collections. In the year 1839 he became Inspektor (curator) of the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt.
There he acquired important works in the prints and drawing area, mounted exhibitions, and taught.
Passavant developed the three principal genres of art writing important for the next two centuries: the scholarly artistic biography, the aesthetic travelogue, and the reference survey.
As a historian, he followed the romantic tradition.
His paintings include Holy Family with Elizabeth and John 1819, Staadtische Galerie im Staadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt and A Visitation, Christ and the Samaritan c.
1820, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
He died in 1861 in Frankfurt am Main.



Description	German art historian and painter
Date of birth/death	18 September 1787	12 August 1861
Location of birth/death	Frankfurt	Frankfurt
Work location	Paris (1809); Frankfurt (1809–1861)
Authority control	: Q73347 VIAF: 5735966 ISNI: 0000 0000 8085 5316 ULAN: 500012629 LCCN: n95085378 Open Library: OL1805243A WorldCat