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Johann Heinrich Ramberg

Also known as: Johann Heinrich Ramberg; primary name: Ramberg, Johann Heinrich; other name: Ramberg, John Henry
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; German; Male
Life dates: 1763-1840
Biography: Painter, etcher, caricaturist and draughtsman. Born Hanover 1763, died Hanover 1840. 1781-88 London at the Royal Academy (supported by George III) and student of Benjamin West (q.v.); his most ambitious project was a design for the curtain of the opera house in Hanover. Illustrated many books. The most important collection of his drawings is kept in the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hanover.
Bibliography: J.C.C.Hoffmeister, 'JHR in seinem Werken', Hannover 1877 (Cj.4.18) Hahn, Franziska:' Johann Heinrich Ramberg als Karikaturist und Satiriker', Frankfurt, 1961 (P.5.33) George (BM Sat) Adelheidis von Rohr: 'Johann Heinrich Ramberg; Maler für König und Volk', Hanover, 1998 (Cj.4.8) Thieme-Becker; Vol. 27; Leipzig 1933.

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album; print

Museum number: 1894,1124.26.1-395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPrint made by:Abraham Wolfgang Küffner

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1870,0813.335-354 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.45 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.13 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: K,59.216 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1780-1790

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.33 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.25 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1937,1006.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1905,0414.39 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1780-1790

drawing

Museum number: K,66.52 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.11 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.38 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: K,66.54 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.28 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.39 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: K,62.39 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1863,0214.761 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.14 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.8 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.41 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1990,0127.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.16 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0101.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward Francis BurneyFormerly attributed to:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0101.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward Francis BurneyFormerly attributed to:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.30 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.34 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1936,0918.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1787

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.24 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1788

drawing; print study

Museum number: K,64.167 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.31 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.43 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.7 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.12 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.10 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: K,60.200 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.32 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.22 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.44 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.20 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1781-1794

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.40 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.18 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: K,61.142 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.36 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.27 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: K,59.25 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.26 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.23 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.15 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.42 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.29 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.37 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1904,0101.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward Francis BurneyFormerly attributed to:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.5 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing

Museum number: 1877,0512.19 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1763-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.21 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1788

drawing; print study

Museum number: K,57.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1784

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.35 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.9 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

Museum number: K,58.67 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1877,0512.17 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Drawn by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1813

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1989,1104.409.1 |
Producer name: Published by:Friedrich WilmansAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

portfolio; print

Museum number: 1863,0411.209-263 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Print made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration

Title: Der Burggeist v. A. Lafontaine |
Museum number: 1981,0620.240 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt |
Production date: 1800-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Wallensteins Tod - Thekla in der Grust des St. Katharinen Stifts |
Museum number: 1981,0620.268 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Johann Friedrich Bolt |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Jungfrau von Orleans IVr Aufz. IIr Auft. |
Museum number: 1981,0620.257 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; drawing book

Title: Illustrations to a drawing book |
Museum number: 1877,0512.167 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Print made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1811

print; book-illustration

Title: Eisenknapp' und Waldborn |
Museum number: 1981,0620.242 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Henri Charles Müller |
Production date: 1800-1845

print; book-illustration

Title: Jungfrau von Orleans 1r Aufz 10r Auftr. |
Museum number: 1981,0620.253 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Amadeus Wenzel Böhm |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Wallensteins Lager, 8r Aufts. |
Museum number: 1981,0620.267 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Carl Ernst Hess |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.96 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1800-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Die Halle der Erschlagenen |
Museum number: 1981,0620.238 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Henri Charles Müller |
Production date: 1800-1845

print; book-illustration

Title: Jungfrau von Orleans Ir Aufz. VIIIr Auft. |
Museum number: 1981,0620.252 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Carl Ernst Hess |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Wer kauft Liebesgötte |
Museum number: 1877,0512.113 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; drawing book

Title: Illustrations to a drawing book |
Museum number: 1877,0512.164 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Print made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1803

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.108 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Amadeus Wenzel Böhm |
Production date: 1790-1823

print; book-illustration

Title: Don Karlos 4r Act 17r Auftritt |
Museum number: 1981,0620.278 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Der Wandrer |
Museum number: 1877,0512.105 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Amadeus Wenzel Böhm |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.102 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1800-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Jungfrau von Orleans IIIr Aufz. Ir Auft. |
Museum number: 1877,0512.118 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Karl Wilhelm Schenk |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Don Karlos 5r Act letzter Auftritt |
Museum number: 1981,0620.279 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.151 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1790-1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.99 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1800-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Die Kraniche des Ibycus |
Museum number: 1981,0620.246 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Jungfrau von Orleans IVr Aufz. IIr Auft. |
Museum number: 1877,0512.120 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Mortal che sei? un nulla. |
Museum number: 1872,0413.340 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Der neue Pausias und sein Blumenmädchen |
Museum number: 1877,0512.111 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Christian Ernst Stölzel |
Production date: 1800-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1877,0512.59 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1790-1823

print; book-illustration

Title: Die armen Liebesleutchen |
Museum number: 1877,0512.133 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1790-1829

print; book-illustration

Title: Der blinde Geigenspieler |
Museum number: 1877,0512.138 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 After:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1790-1840

print; book-illustration

Title: Sc. aus der Erzählung: der unheimliche Gast |
Museum number: 1877,0512.90 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Wilhelm Jury |
Production date: 1800-1829

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1900,1231.3965-3970 |
Producer name: BIOG43056 Print made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: second half 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0725.1738 |
Producer name: After:Princess ElizabethPrint made by:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Hanover

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1900,1231.3964 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Heinrich RambergPublished by:J Lemonnyer |
Production date: 1884 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Maria Stuart VIr Aufz. VIr Auft. |
Museum number: 1981,0620.264 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Carl Ernst Hess |
Production date: 1800-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Sappho |
Museum number: 1877,0512.91 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt |
Production date: 1800-1850

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