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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

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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

drawing

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

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1732

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1277 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1811

print

Title: XII Vues de la Normandie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.972 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760s

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.194 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1732

print

Title: Neun allegorische Blätter nach Andreas Schlüter |
Museum number: 1854,1020.655 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Bernhard RodeAfter:Andreas Schlüter |
Production date: 1772

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.546 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: 5eme vue de ferme Livre de différentes vues de fermes d'Angleterre |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1610 |
Producer name: BIOG42043 After:Jean-Baptiste Pillement |
Production date: 1761

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria Catharina PrestelAfter:Girolamo da Carpi |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: Small landscapes with figures among classical ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1316 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.12 |
Producer name: BIOG49743 Print made by:Francisco Vieira 'Lusitano' |
Production date: 1714-1720

print; book-illustration

Title: Nella Venuta in Roma di Madama Le Comte e dei Signori Watelet, e Copette |
Museum number: 1854,1020.802 |
Producer name: BIOG34996 Print made by:Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin |
Production date: 1764

print

Title: Isis unterrichtet die Ägypter |
Museum number: 1854,1020.745 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1689 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Daniele da Volterra |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.990 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1484 |
Producer name: After:Gerard DouPrint made by:Wolfgang Flachenecker |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.419 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1780

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Girolamo FrezzaIntermediary draughtsman:Stefano Pozzi |
Production date: 1727-1730 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Im Graben bey Viterbo Zweite Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter G |
Museum number: 1854,1020.862 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.239 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1730

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.294 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1731

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.188 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: Fünfte Folge von Unterschiedlichen Gegenden Alter Gebäude bestehend in 24 Blat. |
Museum number: 1854,1020.915 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Title: Suite de Paysages |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1075 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1763

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.726 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Les effets de la sensibilité sur les quatre différens Tempéraments |
Museum number: 1854,1020.140 |
Producer name: After:Daniel ChodowieckiPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Lips |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Landscapes with antique ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard ZaechAfter:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1660

print

Title: Capricci di varie battaglie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.94 |
Producer name: BIOG18757 Print made by:Johann Wilhelm Baur |
Production date: 1634-1635

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Titian |
Production date: 1742

print

Title: Landscapes in the manner of Salvator Rosa |
Museum number: 1854,1020.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Joachim BeichPublished by:Jeremias Wolff |
Production date: 1700-1725 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1244 |
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: 1854,1020.1419 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Ferdinand Piloty I |
Production date: 1810-1821

print

Title: Fünfte Folge von Unterschiedlichen Gegenden Alter Gebäude bestehend in 24 Blat. |
Museum number: 1854,1020.950 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.273 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: Landscapes in the manner of Gaspar Dughet |
Museum number: 1854,1020.116 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Joachim BeichPublished by:Jeremias Wolff |
Production date: 1700-1725 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Ausser Viterbo Zweite Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter G |
Museum number: 1854,1020.848 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Cabinet Praun |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1694 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria Catharina PrestelAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1328 |
Producer name: BIOG37576 Print made by:Monogrammist FVB |
Production date: 1475-1500

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.457 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1769

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.456 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1770-1775

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.295 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1750-1765

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.652 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1785-1790

print

Title: 3eme vue de ferme Livre de différentes vues de fermes d'Angleterre |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1609 |
Producer name: BIOG42043 After:Jean-Baptiste Pillement |
Production date: 1761

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1270 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1159 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760s

print

Title: Deuxième Suite des Ruines et Paysages. Dessinés d'après la nature et Gravés par Weyrotter |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1097 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.707 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.418 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1780

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.517 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.261 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1731

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.791 |
Producer name: BIOG34064 Print made by:Carl Wilhelm Kolbe |
Production date: 1800-1835

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1288 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1720 |
Producer name: Published by:Artaria & CoAfter:Giovanni Domenico Ferretti |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1256 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1811

print

Title: Aus der Umgebung von Tivoli Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter Ge |
Museum number: 1854,1020.838 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1763

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1433 |
Producer name: After:RaphaelPrint made by:Johann Nepomuk Strixner |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: Signasti Domine servum tuum Franciscum signis Redemptionis Nostrae |
Museum number: 1854,1020.80 |
Producer name: BIOG20719 After:Giacinto Brandi |
Production date: 1650-1750

print

Title: Suite de XVIII Paysages dessinés à Lagny sur Marne proche Meaux en Brie |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1058 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Title: Suite de Paysages |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1082 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1763

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.729 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl RussPublished by:Johann Friedrich Frauenholz |
Production date: 1809

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.775 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl RussPublished by:Johann Friedrich Frauenholz |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Fünfte Folge von Unterschiedlichen Gegenden Alter Gebäude bestehend in 24 Blat. |
Museum number: 1854,1020.937 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1767

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.648 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1785-1790

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.991 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand Piloty IAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1817-1823 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.460 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1772

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1490 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand Piloty IAfter:Carlo Dolci |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.297 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1731

print

Title: Scenes of War |
Museum number: 1854,1020.103 |
Producer name: BIOG27781 Print made by:Hans Ulrich Franck |
Production date: 1656

print

Title: Small landscapes with figures among classical ruins |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1323 |
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: 1854,1020.1407 |
Producer name: After:Allaert van EverdingenPrint made by:Johann Jakob Dorner |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1550 |
Producer name: After:Jacob Isaaksz van RuisdaelPrint made by:Joseph Steingrübel |
Production date: 1821-1823

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1423 |
Producer name: After:Gerard Ter Borch IIPrint made by:Lorenzo Quaglio II |
Production date: 1831

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.596 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1460 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz DahmenAfter:Carlo Dolci |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Justitia Neun allegorische Blätter nach Andreas Schlüter |
Museum number: 1854,1020.661 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Bernhard RodeAfter:Andreas Schlüter |
Production date: 1772

print

Title: Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1268 |
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: 1854,1020.1394 |
Producer name: After:Nicolas PoussinPrint made by:Nepomuk Muxel |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: Suite de Paysages |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1084 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1763

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1279 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1811

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.315 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1742

print; book-illustration

Title: L'Arrivo in Roma Nella Venuta in Roma di Madama Le Comte e dei Sign |
Museum number: 1854,1020.796 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.740 |
Producer name: BIOG44528 Print made by:Carl Russ |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: XII Vues de Divers Endroits 1760 |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1013 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1763

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.412 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Der Sterbende Heiland |
Museum number: 1854,1020.385 |
Producer name: BIOG45426 Print made by:Martin Johann Schmidt |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Veit KauperzAfter:Martin Johann Schmidt |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1318 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.202 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1730-1740

print

Title: Ausser Viterbo Zweite Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter G |
Museum number: 1854,1020.847 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: S Jacobus Major |
Museum number: 1854,1020.379 |
Producer name: BIOG45426 Print made by:Martin Johann Schmidt |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.540 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1781

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1731

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