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Ferdinand Kobell

Also known as: Ferdinand Kobell; primary name: Kobell, Ferdinand
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; German; Male
Life dates: 1740-1799
Biography: Painter and etcher, brother of Franz (q.v.) and father of Wilhelm von Kobell. Born Mannheim 1740, died Munich 1799. First studied law in Heidelberg. 1760 Mannheim secretary of the Chamber of finance at the court. 1764-70 painted decoration for theaters in Mannheim. 1768-70 studied in Paris. 1793 Munich when French armies came. 1798 director of from Mannheim to Munich transferred collection of paintings and drawings.
Bibliography: Johann Christian con Stengel: Catalogue raisonné des Estampes de F. Kobell (...)' Nuremberg, 1822; Gustav Jacob (ed),' Ferdinand, Franz und Wilhelm Kobell, Handzeichnungen, Aquarelle und Graphik', exhibition catalogue, Städtisches Schlossmuseum, Mannheim, 1931

93 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0911.4 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Drawn by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1755-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0911.2 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Drawn by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1755-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0911.3 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Drawn by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1755-1799

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0911.5 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Drawn by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1755-1799

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1983,U.332 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1775

print

Title: La Nuit de Gessner. Gessner nachts |
Museum number: 1999,0926.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andreas Ludwig BisselAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1799

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1067 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.1109 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1225-1226 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.223 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1867,0309.957 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand KobellAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1770-1790

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1259 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1066 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.552 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jean Louis DemarneFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: Les capucins du faubourg |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1263 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1065 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.226 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1258 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Title: Cinquante Estampes gravés par J.T.Prestel |
Museum number: 1852,0214.448 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1814

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1260 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Title: Abend in den Neckarauen |
Museum number: 1917,1208.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wilhelm KobellAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1790

print

Title: La famille du villageois |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1247 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1772

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Title: Les bons amis |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1250 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1771

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.215 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1863,0725.781 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Attributed to:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1790

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1216 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1849,1208.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.219 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1220 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print; title-page

Title: Paysages pitturesque (sic) par Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1849,1208.512 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1853,1210.837 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: La Matinée de Gessner. Gessner morgens. |
Museum number: 1999,0926.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andreas Ludwig BisselAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1799

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1214 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1879,1011.1242 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1782

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1266 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1773

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.222 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.551 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jean Louis DemarneFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: Les capucins du faubourg |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1264 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1772

print

Museum number: 1983,U.335 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1775

print

Title: Etudes d'apres nature dessinées et graves par Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1221-1224 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1775

print; title-page

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1896,1230.150 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1063 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1218 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.932 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1778

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1879,1011.1252 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770s

print

Title: L'ermite en méditation |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1265 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Museum number: 1983,U.333 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1775

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1261 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1772

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.536 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jean Louis DemarneFormerly attributed to:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.548 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.514 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770

print

Title: La querelle des paysans |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1248 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.1754 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippe Louis ParizeauPrint made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1755-1801

print

Title: Le violon campagnard |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1249 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1219 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.933 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1778

print; title-page

Museum number: 1879,1011.1251 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1781

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1215 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print

Title: Etudes d'apres nature dessinées et graves par Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1233-1236 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1775

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1262 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1064 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1257 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1778

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1256 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1778

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1217 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2522 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: 15 Etchings after F. Kobel, by Ferd. Becker, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1866,1208.218 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand BeckerAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1793-1825

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1879,1011.1255 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770s

print

Museum number: 1849,1208.554 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1879,1011.1253 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770s

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1068 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: Abend in den Neckarauen |
Museum number: 1849,1208.513 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wilhelm KobellAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1790

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1241 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: Etudes d'apres nature dessinées et graves par Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1229-1232 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770-1775

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1238 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1771

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.1110 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1780s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1879,1011.1254 |
Producer name: BIOG34029 Print made by:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1770s

print

Title: Rural Scenery in a series of etchings by W.Pearson from the works of Ferdinand Kobell |
Museum number: 1849,1208.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PearsonAfter:Ferdinand Kobell |
Production date: 1807

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