Martin Ferdinand Quadal

Martin Ferdinand Quadal (born Czech: Chvátal; 28 October 1736 – 10 January 1811) was a Moravian-Austrian painter and engraver.

Quadal is a representative of the Austrian school of painting,[1] working all across Europe in England, Italy, Austria, Holland, Germany, France, and Russia.

[2] He was also employed by Louis Joseph, Prince de Conde and was particularly successful in France for his paintings of horses.

Quadal painted animal pieces, as well as military scenes, genre subjects, still lifes, and portraits.

He etched a Group of Cats, a Child with a Dog, and Studies from Domestic and Wild Animals (London, 1793).