Balthasar Anton Dunker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Balthasar Anton Dunker

German artist

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1746

Place of Birth: Saal, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1807

Profession: writer, painter, caricaturist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Balthasar Anton Dunker

  • Balthasar Anton Dunker (15 January 1746 – 2 April 1807) was a German landscape painter and etcher, born at Saal, near Stralsund.
  • He was a pupil of Jakob Philipp Hackert and of Vien, and was more distinguished as an etcher than as a painter.
  • His works are after Roos, Van der Does, Hackert, and Schutz, and consist of costumes and manners of the French before the Revolution, illustrations of books, and other miscellaneous subjects.
  • Among them were some excellent landscapes, as the 'Environs of Berne,' and views of Leghorn.
  • He died in Berne, aged 61.

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