Franz Ludwig Raufft (5 October 1660 in Luzern[1] – 1719 in Kassel), was a German Baroque painter. He was the son of the decoration painter Melchior Raufft (born 11 February 1635) or of the portrait painter Martin Raufft.[1]
According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Fondament".[2] He painted historical allegories and ceiling decorations for the Landgraaf Hessenkessel.[2] He lived with Goudsbloem (Christian Berentz) in Hamburg after a period in Rome.[2]
According to the RKD he lived in Paris, Rome, Hamburg, and the Hague before moving to Kassel.[3]
- ^ a b "Raufft, Franz Ludwig". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b c (in Dutch) Franz Ludwig Raufft biography as footnote 85: "Rouw" in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Franz Ludwig Raufft in the RKD