Younger Lampi, Johann (1775-1837)

Johann Baptist Lampi the Younger (1775-1837), a portrait and historical painter, son of Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder , first studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, under the guidance of Mower and Fyugera, and then at his father. Came with him to St. Petersburg, and has lived here 13 years doing the execution of portraits of prominent persons.

 In 1795 was named honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and in 1797, for a portrait painting professor Akimov (located at the Museum of the Academy), elevated to the rank of the academician.

On his return to Vienna, he continued to work and enjoy, like his father, a great reputation as a portrait painter, but sometimes decides to take over, and historical subjects. He painted in the style of his father, but was inferior to him in strength and virtuosity paint brush. Women's portraits he succeeded better than men.