Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky

Prussian merchant, art dealer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1710

Place of Birth: Chojnice, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1775

Profession: merchant, art collector

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky (21 November 1710 – 9 August 1775) was a Prussian merchant with a successful trade in trinkets, silk, taft, porcelain, grain and bills of exchange.
Moreover, he acted as a diplomat and important art dealer.
His paintings formed the basis and the beginning of the collection in the Hermitage Museum.
Gotzkowsky died impoverished with leaving of an autobiography: Geschichte eines patriotischen Kaufmanns (1768), with a French translation and three reprints in the 18th century.

Frederik Christian Carstens (1762–1798)
Alternative names	Frederik Christian Carstens
Description	German painter, draughtsman, engraver and art teacher
Date of birth/death	1 February 1762	October 1798
Location of birth/death	St. Jürgen, Schleswig	Berlin
Work location	Italy (1783), Mantua, Zürich, Lübeck (1784), Stralsund, Greifswald, Szczecin, Berlin (1790-1798)
Authority control	: Q26708754 VIAF: 56880419 ISNI: 0000 0000 2337 1446 GND: 13571883X SUDOC: 191142905 BNF: 14956593z