Johann Jacob Tischbein
Johann Jacob Tischbein, known as the Lübecker Tischbein, was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists.Biography
He was the sixth son of Johann Heinrich Tischbein, a baker at the local hospital. He was originally a decorative painter, but eventually began producing portraits and landscapes. His wife was a daughter of the painter, Johann Dietrich Lilly. After spending several years in Hamburg, he relocated to Lübeck in 1775.
One of his most prominent students was his nephew, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the "Goethe-Tischbein". His son, August Albrecht Christian Tischbein, was also a painter and lithographer.
