# Miniature of the Artist's Father [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FÜGER, Friedrich Heinrich]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Gouache on parchment, 198 x 165 mm ## Commentary Füger's fame arose originally from his miniature paintings. In January 1774 he returned briefly to his hometown Heilbronn where he painted two gouache miniatures portraying his parents. These miniatures were never completed. The present miniature depicts the artist's father, J. Gabriel Füger, pastor of Heilbronn. ## Related artworks - [Alcestis Sacrifices Herself for Admetus]() - [Bathsheba at the Bath]() - [Catherine of Alexandria before the Emperor Maxentius]() - [Miniature of the Artist's Mother]() - [Portrait of Frederick Charles Joseph, Baron von Erthal]() - [Portrait of János Batsányi]() - [Portrait of the Artist's Son]() - [Study for Two Female Figures Praying]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()