What is Joseph Karl Stieler?
[[Image:Beethoven.jpg|right|thumb|100px|His famous 1820 [[portrait]] of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]].]] [[Image:Joseph Karl Stieler - Portrait of Madame Mère de l'Empereur (Maria Laetitia Ramolino Bonaparte, 1750 - 1836).jpg|right|thumb|100px|Portrait of Madame Mère, 1811.]] '''Joseph Karl Stieler''' (1 November 1781 — 9 April 1858) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Painting|painter]]. He was born in [[Mainz]]. His family were [[engraving|engravers]] and [[diecutting|die-cutters]]. He received some artistic training from his father, August Friedrich Stieler (1736-1789). He began his career as a painter of [[miniatures]]. In 1810, Stieler traveled through Italy and painted a portrait of Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte, mother of Napoleon I. In 1816, he traveled to [[Vienna]] and painted portrait of [[Emperor]] [[Francis I of Austria]]. Between February and April 1820, he worked on his portrait of [[Beethoven]], which is probably the most well-known representation of the composer today. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stieler, Joseph Karl}} [[Category:1781 births]] [[Category:1858 deaths]] [[Category:German painters]] [[Category:People from Mainz]]