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Fürst Karl von Paar, Freiherr auf Hartberg und Krottenstein

Also known as: Fürst Karl von Paar, Freiherr auf Hartberg und Krottenstein; primary name: Paar, Johann Karl von; other name: (Fürst) Paar, Johann Karl von; other name: (Prince de) Paar, Karl
Details: individual; collector; military/naval; official; Austrian; Male
Life dates: 1772-1819
Biography: Hereditary Grand-Master of the Posts of the Imperial Court in Vienna; Privy councillor and Chamberlain. He was a great print collector, and assembled more than 60,000 prints in Vienna before his death in 1819. The collection was sold by his descendants in 1854, with the main sale at Sotheby, London 13 July 1854, at which the BM purchased 1739 prints (see 1854,1020.1 to 1739).
Bibliography: L. 2009 L.Kudrna and D. Smith, 'Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. 1792-1815', L.Kudrna and D. Smith

1,970 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1854,1020.320 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Drawn by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1744

drawing

Museum number: 1854,1020.365 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Drawn by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1731

drawing

Museum number: 1854,1020.366 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Drawn by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: La Fragellazione del Signore |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1560 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuliano TraballesiAfter:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1760-1780

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1398 |
Producer name: After:Caspar NetscherPrint made by:Johann Nepomuk Strixner |
Production date: 1831

print

Title: Paysages |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1091 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: XII Vues de la Normandie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.983 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760s

print

Title: Les voyageurs en marche |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1652 |
Producer name: After:Jean-Baptiste PillementPrint made by:James Mason |
Production date: 1750-1783 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1510 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:Wolfgang Flachenecker |
Production date: 1817-1823 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: La chaumière hollandaise |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1624 |
Producer name: After:Jean-Baptiste PillementPrint made by:Pierre Charles Canot |
Production date: 1727-1777 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.644 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1780-1785

print

Title: Village près de Bruxelles |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1149 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760s

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1278 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1493 |
Producer name: After:Jacob Isaaksz van RuisdaelPrint made by:Friedrich Hohe |
Production date: 1821-1823

print

Title: Landscapes with antique ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard ZaechAfter:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1660

print

Title: Fünfte Folge von Unterschiedlichen Gegenden Alter Gebäude bestehend in 24 Blat. |
Museum number: 1854,1020.928 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.541 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: XII Vues de Divers Endroits 1760 |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1002 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterPublished by:Prevost |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Maler Govaert Flink Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1538 |
Producer name: After:Ferdinand BolPrint made by:Wolfgang Flachenecker |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1185 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Title: Strafe des verrätherischen Schulmeisters zu Falerii |
Museum number: 1854,1020.514 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: The Good Samaritan |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1225 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: Innenansicht der St Sebald Kirche in Nuremberg Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1380 |
Producer name: BIOG42857 Print made by:Domenico Quaglio |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: Teilansicht von Ricci Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter Ge |
Museum number: 1854,1020.824 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: XII Vues de la Normandie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.989 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760s

print; title-page

Title: XII Vues de Divers Endroits 1760 |
Museum number: 1854,1020.991 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.725 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1810

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.255 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1762

print

Title: L'Automne Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1765

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.346 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1746

print

Title: Gionn. Guilliemo Baur / Pictor |
Museum number: 1854,1020.84 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1637

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1719 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria Catharina PrestelPublished by:Artaria & Co |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1232 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: Römische Opfer-Priesterin |
Museum number: 1854,1020.692 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Friedrich SchleuenAfter:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1761

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.340 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1732

print

Title: Capricci di varie battaglie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.90 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 Print made by:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1634-1635

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1732 |
Producer name: After:MichelangeloPrint made by:Johann Gottlieb Prestel |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1489 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:Friedrich Hohe |
Production date: 1817-1823 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Teilansicht von Ricci Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter Ge |
Museum number: 1854,1020.825 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: L'Hiver Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1765

print

Title: Fünfte Folge von Unterschiedlichen Gegenden Alter Gebäude bestehend in 24 Blat. |
Museum number: 1854,1020.948 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.301 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1730s

print

Title: Suite de XVIII Paysages dessinés à Lagny sur Marne proche Meaux en Brie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1053 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Title: Ausser den grossen Hafen bei Marseille Vierte Folge von Verschiedenen Gegenden |
Museum number: 1854,1020.898 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.683 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1780

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Baldassare GabbuggianiAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1700-1752

print

Title: 2de Suite de Paysage |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1031 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterPublished by:Christian von Mechel |
Production date: 1758

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.766 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl RussPublished by:Johann Friedrich Frauenholz |
Production date: 1809

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.711 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Der Bänkelsänger |
Museum number: 1854,1020.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1740

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas UmbachPublished by:Jeremias Wolff |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.265 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1750s

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.276 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1730-1750

print

Title: 1re Suite de Paysage |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1034 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterPublished by:Christian von Mechel |
Production date: 1758

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1680 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria Catharina PrestelAfter:Giorgio Vasari |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.128 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1786

print

Title: Landscapes with antique ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard ZaechAfter:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1660

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1200 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1808

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.462 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1775

print

Title: Paysages |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1093 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.334 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.784 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1812

print

Title: Deuxième Suite des Ruines et Paysages. Dessinés d'après la nature et Gravés par Weyrotter |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1098 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1252 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1811

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1733 |
Producer name: After:Polidoro da CaravaggioPrint made by:Johann Gottlieb Prestel |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.338 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1732

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.431 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1778

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1217 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.328 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1744

print

Title: XII Vues de la Normandie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.990 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760s

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Nepomuk StrixnerAfter:Fra Bartolommeo |
Production date: 1817-1823

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Print made by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1636

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1194 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.318 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: Landscapes with figures among classical ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1279 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1678

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.327 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1744

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Carl Wilhelm Ettinger |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:Gotha

print

Title: Landscapes with antique ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard ZaechAfter:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1660

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Fernando SelmaAfter:Mariano Salvador Maella |
Production date: 1785-1804

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1208 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Title: XII Vues de Divers Endroits 1760 |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1011 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterPublished by:Prevost |
Production date: 1763

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.144 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:Mannheim

print

Title: XII Vues de Divers Endroits 1760 |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1012 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1763

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1367 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Johann Nepomuk Strixner |
Production date: 1810-1821

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.210 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1763

print

Title: Die kleine Obsthändlerin Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1410 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand Piloty IAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1810-1821

print

Title: Neun allegorische Blätter nach Andreas Schlüter |
Museum number: 1854,1020.654 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Bernhard RodeAfter:Andreas Schlüter |
Production date: 1772

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1383 |
Producer name: After:Gerard van HonthorstPrint made by:Ferdinand Piloty I |
Production date: 1817-1823

print

Title: Larven nach den Modelen des berühmten Schlüters gezeichnet |
Museum number: 1854,1020.670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Bernhard RodeAfter:Andreas Schlüter |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1234 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1290 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: Six differentes Vues d'après Nature |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1050 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.475 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1785

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1295 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.509 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1773

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas UmbachPublished by:Jeremias Wolff |
Production date: 1645-1700 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.147 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Christian Friedrich Voss |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

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