Georg Gsell
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Georg Gsell (ru: Георг Гзель; 28 January 1673, St. Gallen – 22 November 1740, St. Petersburg) was a Swiss Baroque painter, art consultant and art dealer. Was recruited by Peter the Great in 1716 and went to Russia. First curator of the Imperial art gallery founded in 1720.
- Wife - Maria-Dorothea, also artist, daughter of famous Maria Sibylla Merian.
- Daughter Katharina married mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1733.
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- Otto Gsell: Georg Gsell (1673-1749), Hofmaler Peters des Grossen (Courtpainter of Peter the Great)
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