Johann’s work is defined by its 18th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Bacchic Revels
Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704–1761)

Nymphs and Satyrs Drinking
Johann Georg Platzer (Austrian, 1704–1761)

Sapper of the Swiss Guards
Johann Georg Wille German, 1715-1808

Wheellock Rifle of Emperor Leopold I
Stock: Johann Georg Maucher German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, active 1650-1700 Lock and barrel: Michael Has

Powder Flask
Johann Georg Maucher (workshop) German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, active 1650-1700

Presentation of the Child Jesus to Mary and Joseph
Johann Georg Schwanthaler (Austrian, active 1773–1790)

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Meeting of the Virgin with Saint Anne and Saint Joachim
Johann Georg Schwanthaler (Austrian, active 1773–1790)

A Farm Cottage
Johann Georg Wille German, 1715-1808

The Annunciation
Johann Koerbecke (German, about 1420–1490)

King Vulture
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Saint George and the Dragon
Bernat Martorell (Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452)

Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun
Johann Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)

Diana and Endymion
Johann Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)

Neues Bild-und Musterbuch (New Picture and Sample Book)
Johann Michael Kirschbaum (German, active c. 1771) Germany

View of The Castello Bracciano, near Rome with Coach and Figures
Johann Wilhelm Baur German 1607-1642

Portrait of Elizabeth de Gouy
Johann Georg Wille (German, 1715-1808) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Flower Girl in Holland
George Hitchcock American, 1850–1913

Queen Louise of Prussia
Johann Gottfried Schadow (German, 1764–1850) Cast by Werner Foundry (German, 1794/95–1842)

Old Man Lighting a Pipe
Johann Carl Loth (German, 1623–1698)