Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder (German: Johann Baptist von Lampi der Ältere, Polish: Jan

Chrzciciel Lampi; 31 December 1751 – 11 February 1830) was an Austrian-Italian historical and
portrait painter. He settled in the Russian Empire after the third and final partition of Poland, enticed
by an extremely generous offer from the Tsar.[1]

Life[edit]
Johann Baptist Lampi was born at Romeno in the County of Tyrol to Matteo, or Matthias, Lampi
(1698-1780), a decorative painter. Frescoes by his father may be found in many elegant buildings
there.[2] He studied art under his father in Verona and later in Salzburg.[3]

In 1773 he went to Trento, where he learned to become a portraitist in canvases and miniatures. He
travelled to Innsbruck, then to Vienna, where the Emperor Joseph II appointed him a professor at
the Vienna Academy in 1786. That same year, he was invited to Warsaw by the court of
King Stanisław II Augustus (pictured). He worked in Warsaw until the complete military Partitions of
Poland.[4]