Wilhelm von Kobell

Wilhelm von Kobell (6 April 1766 – 15 July 1853) was a German painter, printmaker and teacher.

He received further training under Franz Anton von Leydendorf and Egid Verhelst in the art of engraving at the Zeichnungsakademie in Mannheim.

In 1778, he went to Rome, was made court painter at Mannheim after his return, and afterwards followed his father to Munich, where he became professor at the Academy in 1808.

[2] His early paintings were landscapes, rural genre scenes, and animal pieces, of which the galleries of Bamberg, Weimar, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Berlin, Darmstadt, Frankfort, and Wiesbaden contain fine specimens.

Throughout his life Kobell traveled to England, France and Italy but ultimately based his style on Dutch art.