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

Christiane Henriette Koch
Johann Friedrich Bause (German, 1738-1814) after Anton Graff (German, born Switzerland, 1736-1813)

G.E. Lessing
Johann Friedrich Bause German, 1738-1814

A Lady
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (German, 1750–1812)

Old Man Praying
Johann Friedrich Overbeck German, 1789-1869

Kneeling Pilgrim with Cross and Book
Johann Friedrich Overbeck German, 1789–1869

Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Young Man Lying on a Grave
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

Table
Germany, Berlin After a design by Friedrich Gilly (German, born Prussia [present-day Poland], 1772–1800)

Self-Portrait
Caspar David Friedrich German, 1774-1840

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)

Gothic Church Behind an Oak Grove with Tombs
Karl Friedrich Schinkel German, 1781-1841

Sketch of Family Group with Three Seated Women and Young Man Standing
Unknown German Artist or possibly Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (German, 1750-1812)

Lithyalin Beaker
Workshop of Friedrich Egermann Bohemian, 1777-1864

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)

Still Life
Friedrich Meckseper German, born 1936

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