Georg Gsell

Visual Artist

1673 – 1740

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Who was Georg Gsell?

Georg Gsell was a Swiss Baroque painter, art consultant and art dealer.

Gsell was born in St. Gallen. He was recruited by Peter the Great in 1716 and went to Russia, where he became first curator of the Imperial art gallery founded in 1720. His wife, Maria-Dorothea, was also an artist, daughter of the famous Maria Sibylla Merian. Their daughter Katharina married mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1733.

Gsell died, aged 67, in St. Petersburg.

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Born
Jan 28, 1673
St. Gallen
Also known as
  • Гзель, Георг
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Died
Nov 22, 1740
Saint Petersburg

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on July 23, 2013

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