1751, Romeno, Southern Tyrol — 1830, Vienna

Austrian painter, miniaturist, portraitist, author of compositions on historical and mythological themes. Son of the Tyrolean artist Matteo Lampi. Studied under F. Kb'nig and F. N. Streicher in Salzburg, thereafter under F. and D. Lorenzi in Verona. Worked in Italy (1770-1780), Austria (1781-1788), Poland (1788-1791) at the invitation of the King Stanistaw August Poniatowski, and in Russia (1792-1797). Member of the Verona Academy of Arts (from 1773), professor of the Vienna Academy of Arts (from 1786) for the portrait of Joseph II as a Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece; honoured associate member of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts (from 1794). Taught Russian artists. Head of the Council of the Verona Academy of Arts (from 1800). Handed over his studio to Johann Baptiste Lampi the Younger and practically stopped working (1822).