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(1) Ferdinand Kobell
(bapt Mannheim, 7 June 1740; d Munich, 1 Feb 1799). Painter, etcher and teacher. Originally destined to follow his father in an official career, he studied law in Heidelberg and in 1760 became a secretary to the Electoral court in Mannheim. His efforts to make a career as a painter were supported by Freiherr Stephan von Stengel. With his help, in 1762 Kobell was granted a scholarship by Elector Palatine Charles Theodore, enabling him to study at the Zeichnungsakademie in Mannheim, where he was a pupil of Peter Anton von Verschaffelt. From 1764 to 1766 Kobell was a scenery painter for the theatre in Mannheim and was then appointed Churfürstlicher Cabinet-Mahler to the Elector, in which role he was required to produce two overdoor decorations each year for the court. During this time he painted a series of large-scale landscapes, in only a few of which were figures present. At the same time he learnt the technique of engraving from Egid Verhelst.
Part of the Kobell (i) family
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