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

drawing

Museum number: 1854,1020.365 |
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: 1856,0209.994 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1800-1820

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.992 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1800-1820

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.993 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1800-1820

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.974 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1807-1810

print

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

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1278 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1811

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.975 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1807-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.982 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1808

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.980 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1807-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.978 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1807-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1280 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1811

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.977 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1808

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1096 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl VittinghoffAfter:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1808

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1039 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl VittinghoffAfter:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1475 |
Producer name: After:Frans van Mieris IPrint made by:Franz Dahmen |
Production date: 1819

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.266 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1750s

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1551 |
Producer name: After:Godfried SchalckenPrint made by:Joseph Anton Mayr |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1505 |
Producer name: After:Jan VerkoljePrint made by:Wolfgang Flachenecker |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Title: Der Traubenesser Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinand Piloty IAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1810-1821

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1390 |
Producer name: After:Frans van Mieris IPrint made by:Johann Nepomuk Strixner |
Production date: 1819

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1258 |
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: 1854,1020.1450 |
Producer name: After:Willem RomeynPrint made by:Kaspar Auer |
Production date: 1817-1823

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Manuel Salvador CarmonaAfter:Gregorio Ferro |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Printed in:Madrid (city)

print

Title: El Vinatero |
Museum number: 1854,1020.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Juan Antonio Salvador CarmonaAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1755-1805

print

Title: El ciego de la guitarra |
Museum number: 1854,1020.17 |
Producer name: BIOG29482 Print made by:Francisco de Goya |
Production date: 1778

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.792 |
Producer name: BIOG45449 Print made by:Jakob Schmutzer |
Production date: 1772-1780

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.793 |
Producer name: BIOG45449 Print made by:Jakob Schmutzer |
Production date: 1772-1780

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.240 |
Producer name: BIOG25270 Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich |
Production date: 1732

print

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

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1458 |
Producer name: After:Aelbert CuypPrint made by:Kaspar Auer |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Octobre Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Aoust Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1116 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Avril Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1108 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Decembre Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1124 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Juin Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Juin Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Juillet Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1115 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Mars Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Novembre Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1123 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Juillet Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Septembre Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1118 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: May Les douzes Mois de l'Année |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Pieter de Molijn |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.263 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Wilhelm Ernst DietrichManner/Style of:Frans van Mieris I |
Production date: 1739

print

Title: Ariadne |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann JacobéAfter:Ignaz Unterberger |
Production date: 1780-1797

print

Title: The Portraiture of Bay Boston |
Museum number: 1854,1020.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:James Seymour |
Production date: 1756

print

Title: Überbleibsel vom Pallast auf dem Berg Palatino Drite (sic) Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken al |
Museum number: 1854,1020.893 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Thurm unweit des Lago di Bolzano Drite (sic) Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken al |
Museum number: 1854,1020.888 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Im Garten Ludovici in Rom Drite (sic) Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken al |
Museum number: 1854,1020.894 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: In der Villa Adriani bey Frascati Drite (sic) Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken al |
Museum number: 1854,1020.868 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Überbleibsel auf den (sic) Berg Palatino Vierte Folge von Verschiedenen Gegenden |
Museum number: 1854,1020.904 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Am See bei Bolzano [eigentl. 'Bolsena'] Vierte Folge von Verschiedenen Gegenden |
Museum number: 1854,1020.913 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Wasserleitung beim Berg Testaccio in Rom Vierte Folge von Verschiedenen Gegenden |
Museum number: 1854,1020.902 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Wasserleitung am Berg Viminale Vierte Folge von Verschiedenen Gegenden |
Museum number: 1854,1020.903 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Überbleibsel auf den (sic) Berg Palatino Vierte Folge von Verschiedenen Gegenden |
Museum number: 1854,1020.905 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Stuck der alten Stadtmauer bei S Giovanni Laterano Drite (sic) Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken al |
Museum number: 1854,1020.871 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Stuck der alten Stadtmauer bei S Giovanni Laterano Drite (sic) Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken al |
Museum number: 1854,1020.870 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766-1767

print

Title: Königlich Baierischer Gemälde-Saal zu München und Schleissheim in Steindruck |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1448 |
Producer name: After:Jan van EyckPrint made by:Johann Nepomuk Strixner |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Larven nach den Modelen des berühmten Schlüters gezeichnet |
Museum number: 1854,1020.676 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian Bernhard RodeAfter:Andreas Schlüter |
Production date: 1759

print

Title: Tombeau de Monseigr. E.F. Duc de Choiseul Amboise |
Museum number: 1856,0209.1295 |
Producer name: Published by:RichommePublished by:Alibert |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: L'Hiver Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1765 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: La sainte famille |
Museum number: 1854,1020.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste TilliardAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1755-1770 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.130 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:Leipzig

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Baldassare GabbuggianiAfter:Domenico Beccafumi |
Production date: 1700-1752

print; book-illustration

Title: Gli Studj di Pittura sulle Opere antiche Nella Venuta in Roma di Madama Le Comte e dei Sign |
Museum number: 1854,1020.798 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.1558 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuliano TraballesiAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1730-1812 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1717 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria Catharina PrestelPublished by:Artaria & Co |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: The Mutineers turning Lieut. Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship |
Museum number: 1854,1020.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DoddPublished by:Benjamin Beale Evans |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Making a cast at a fault |
Museum number: 1854,1020.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurfordAfter:James Seymour |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Aus der Umgebung von Rom Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter Ge |
Museum number: 1854,1020.835 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1112 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1042 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1809

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1022 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl VittinghoffAfter:Aelbert Cuyp |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1134 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1103 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1808

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1161 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1019 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl VittinghoffAfter:Johann Heinrich Roos |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1135 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1151 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1182 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1124 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1115 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1133 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl VittinghoffAfter:Simon van der Does |
Production date: 1812

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1231 |
Producer name: BIOG49895 Print made by:Carl Vittinghoff |
Production date: 1806-1810

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.1105 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl VittinghoffAfter:Simon van der Does |
Production date: 1812

print; ornament print

Title: Recueil de plusieurs jeux d'enfants chinois |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1592 |
Producer name: After:Jean-Baptiste PillementPrint made by:Pierre Charles Canot |
Production date: 1759 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1738 |
Producer name: After:Joseph VernetPrint made by:Regina Catherine Carey |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Sebaldus Nothanker illustrations |
Museum number: 1854,1020.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Friedrich Nicolai |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Aus der Umgebung von Tivoli Erste Folge von Gegenden und Bruchstücken alter Ge |
Museum number: 1854,1020.821 |
Producer name: BIOG50656 Print made by:Franz Edmund Weirotter |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: 3e vue des environs de Flessingue |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1629 |
Producer name: After:Jean-Baptiste PillementPrint made by:Pierre Charles Canot |
Production date: 1761

print

Title: Cabinet Schmidt |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1724 |
Producer name: After:Francesco SolimenaPrint made by:Johann Gottlieb Prestel |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: ...the celebrated victory ... on the glorious First of June |
Museum number: 1854,1020.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel OrmeAfter:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.143 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:Mannheim

print

Title: L'Automne Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1130 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Edmund WeirotterAfter:Jan van Goyen |
Production date: 1765 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The villagers return |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1616 |
Producer name: After:Jean-Baptiste PillementPrint made by:Pierre Charles Canot |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: S. Nicolaus |
Museum number: 1854,1020.389 |
Producer name: BIOG45426 Print made by:Martin Johann Schmidt |
Production date: 1761

print; ornament print

Title: Recueil de différents panneaux chinois |
Museum number: 1854,1020.1581 |
Producer name: BIOG42043 After:Jean-Baptiste Pillement |
Production date: 1750-1780 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

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