# Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and His Family

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hetsch-philipp-friedrich-von-r96868a48b7584b/count-ferdinand-von-zeppelin-and-his-family-r4c7b68cce323b1>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [HETSCH, Philipp Friedrich von](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hetsch-philipp-friedrich-von-r96868a48b7584b>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin \(1838-1917\) was a German general and later aircraft manufacturer. He founded the Zeppelin Airship company. He invented the zeppelin airship.

## Related artworks

- [Baroness Elisabeth Christiane von Bouwinghausen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hetsch-philipp-friedrich-von-r96868a48b7584b/baroness-elisabeth-christiane-von-bouwinghausen-re5903bd1d89011>)
- [Portrait of Gottlieb Christian Heigelen as a Hunter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hetsch-philipp-friedrich-von-r96868a48b7584b/portrait-of-gottlieb-christian-heigelen-as-a-hunter-r47545023ac47b5>)

## Attribution

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