Creator Bio
Vincenz Georg Kininger
1767–1851
Vincenz Georg Kininger was a watercolor painter, portrait miniaturist, engraver, and lithographer. Born in Regensburg, Bavaria, he moved to Vienna as a child with his family. When he was still a teenager, he entered the Vienna Academy and, in 1807, became Professor of Mezzotinto Engraving there. He is best known for his portraits of members of the Viennese upper class.