Johann Rudolf Huber

File:Huber selbstportrait1710.jpg

Self-portrait, 1710.

Johann Rudolf Huber (April 21, 1668 – February 28, 1748) was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and Albrecht von Haller .

Biography

Huber was born as the son of a landlord in Basel. There, in Bern, Venice and Rome he learned to paint. In 1699 he was appointed court painter at the court in Stuttgart. He did portraits of nearly 5,000 of his contemporaries. He died in Basel.

Huber was one of the most important Swiss painters of his time.

Further reading

• Maurice W. Brockwell, Catalogue of the pictures and other works of Art in the collection of Lord St. Oswald at Nostell Priory, London: 1915.
• Matthew Pilkington, Henry Fuseli, A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of art to the present period, London: John Crowder 1805, p. 262 online
• Manuel Kehrli: Sein Geist ist zu allem fähig. Der Maler, Sammler und Kunstkenner Johann Rudolf Huber (1668-1748). Basel 2010. content
• Johann Rudolf Huber 1668-1748. Ein Maler der bernischen Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts. (Catalogue), Jegenstorf 1982.
• Johann Caspar Füssli: Geschichte der besten Künstler in der Schweitz. Bd. 2 Orell, Gessner und Comp., Zurich 1757, S. 212-223 online

Gallery

• BeatFischer.jpg

  Beat Fischer (1697)

• Johann Rudolf Sinner (1704) by Johann Rudolf Huber.tif
• FL de Pesmes de Saint-Saphorin.png

  François-Louis de Pêmes de St.Saphorin

• Huber Carl III.Wilhelm.jpeg

  Markgraf Carl III. Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach (1710)

• Huber Marschall Menzingen.jpg

  Marschall von Mentzingen

• Congrès de Bade.jpg

  Der Badener Friedenskongress (1714)

• Huber Samuel Frisching II.jpg

  Samuel Frisching

• Huber Christoph Steiger.jpg

  Christoph Steiger

• Albrecht von Haller 1736.jpg

  Albrecht von Haller

• Huber unbekannte dame.jpeg

  Portrait of an unknown woman

• Huber Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki.jpg

  Susanna Elisabetha Lupicki

• 110Friedrich Carl.jpg

  Friedrich Karl von Württemberg, 1700

• Huber Johann Rudolf Rudolf.jpg

  Johann Rudolf Rudolf

• Karl-friedrich-drollinger.jpg

  Carl Friedrich Drollinger

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  Daniel Bernoulli

• File-Huber selbstportrait1710.jpg

  self-portrait

External links

• Huber, Johann Rudolf in the SIKART dictionary and database
• 4 Paintings by Johann Rudolf Huber at the Art UK site