# DONÁT, János

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1744–1830
- Profession: painter
- School: Hungarian

## Biography

Hungarian painter. He learnt to paint at M. Meytens, V. Fischer and Sambach in Prague and Vienna. First he lived in Vienna and painted portraits. He moved to Pest in 1810 and painted some remarkable classicist portraits, e.g. Ferenc Kazinczy \(1812\) and Benedek Virág \(1815\). His mythological compositions \(Resting Venus, Orpheus and Euridike, and Proserpina\) after English copper engravings and altar-pieces were mostly inferior to his portraits.

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of a Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dont-jnos-re42c0e5ae312a9/portrait-of-a-woman-r3368043e7e0b78>)
- [Portrait of János Bihari, Composer and Gipsy Virtuoso](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dont-jnos-re42c0e5ae312a9/portrait-of-jnos-bihari-composer-and-gipsy-virtuoso-rbc6cfb69c10958>)
- [Portrait of Poet Dániel Berzsenyi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dont-jnos-re42c0e5ae312a9/portrait-of-poet-dniel-berzsenyi-ref5f738cc88da8>)
- [Woman Playing the Lute](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dont-jnos-re42c0e5ae312a9/woman-playing-the-lute-r6d5b2bbce3ddf0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)