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His father, Hans Konrad
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painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his
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His collected works were self-published in Zürich from 1777 to 1778. (2 volumes,
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Orell Füssli, Zürich/Leipzig 1930 (Monograph on Swiss Art #6).
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Salomon
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