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Franz Christoph Janneck
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[[File:Franz Christoph Janneck 1740.jpg|thumb|200px|Self-portrait (1740)]]
'''Franz Christoph Janneck''' (3 October 1703, [[Graz]] - 13 January 1761, [[Vienna]]) was an Austrian painter in the [[baroque art|Baroque]] style. He specialized in [[Genre art|genre]] scenes, often with mythological themes, as well as some portraits, landscapes and religious works.
== Biography ==
His father, Martin Jänneg (or Jänickh, ?-1709) was a minor artist, originally from [[Croatia]]. His mother, Anna, was from [[Lugano]]. His brother, Matthias (born 1707) also became a painter.<ref name="D"></ref>
After completing his secondary education in Graz, he took art lessons from a little known still-life painter named Matthias Vangus (fl. 1710s-20s). He moved to Vienna in 1726 and became a student of the [[court painter]], [[Jacob van Schuppen]], who had just become Director of the "Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst" (now the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna|Academy of Fine Arts]]). A short time later, he continued his studies in [[Frankfurt]] with the Hungarian-born painter, .<ref name="D" />
In 1736, he married Anna Maria Canton, daughter of the painter Franz Canton (1678-1733).
He returned to Vienna around 1740. Soon after, his paintings began to rely more heavily on Dutch and French models; losing their previous originality. Later, He took over management of a genre painting class at the Academy and served as Rector from 1752 to 1754, when he resigned, following his wife's death.<ref name="D" />
Many of his works are in private collections, although they may also be seen at the [[Universalmuseum Joanneum]], the [[Belvedere]], the [[Brukenthal National Museum]] and the collections of the [[National Gallery in Prague]].
A street in the [[Hietzing]] district of Vienna is named after him.
==Selected works==
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File:Diana and Endymion by Franz Christoph Janneck.jpg|[[Diana and Endymion]]
File:Franz Christoph Janneck Heilige Familie.jpg|The Holy Family
File:Franz Christoph Janneck - The Prodigal Son Spending his Money in Riotous Living.jpg|The [[Prodigal Son]] Spending his Money</br> in Riotous Living
File:The Medical Alchemist by Janneck FA.2000.00.275.jpg|The Medical Alchemist
</gallery>
==References==
== External links ==
* [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLKÖ:Janneck,_Franz_Christoph Biography] from the ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' @ WikiSource
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[[Category:1703 births]]
[[Category:1761 deaths]]
[[Category:Austrian painters]]
[[Category:Austrian genre painters]]
[[Category:People from Graz]]
March 26, 2019 at 09:32AM
