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: Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor
Jozef II
Habsburg, Joseph II von

Qualifications: monarch, commissioner (person who orders works), collector of Dutch and Flemish painting
emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1765 till 1790

Nationality/school: Austrian

Born: Vienna (city) 1741-03-13

Deceased: Vienna (city) 1790-02-20

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: He was the eldest son of Maria Theresia of Austria. His brother Leopold, who was Archduke of Tuscany from 1765 till 1790, succeeded him in 1790 as Holy Roman Emperor.

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Wenen (stad) 1765 - 1790
Zuidelijke Nederlanden (hist. regio) 1781-05-31 - 1781-07-27
Rotterdam (stad) 1781-07-07 - 1781-07-09
Here he visited his agent Jan Karel Osy (Von der Dunk 2019A).
Amsterdam (stad) 1781
visited his banker Goll van Franckenstein, among others, who showed him his print collection

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Literature in RKDLibrary: 4 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Husslein-Arco/Natter 2016 , p. 164-173, 214, and passim
Kisluk-Grosheide/Rondot 2018 , p. 268-273
Von der Dunk 2019A

J.F.L. de Balbian Verster, 'Een Keizer op verkenning te Amsterdam (Jozef II in 1781)', Maandblad Amstelodamum 21 (1934), p. 13-15

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