John Giles Eccardt
British artist (1720-1779) · Artists · Died at 59
John Giles Eccardt was a German-born British painter who specialised in portrait painting. He came to England in the company of the French painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo for whom he worked as an assistant. When Van Loo left England, Eccardt remained and set up a portrait-painting business.
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In the following years he painted portraits of a number of leading members of British society, including twenty-six paintings of his chief patron Horace Walpole. Eccardt died in 1779.
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1720 to 1779 · aged 59
