 Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff

Johann Evangelist Scheffer von Leonhardshoff (30 October 1795, Vienna - 12 January 1822, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist associated with the Nazarene movement.He belonged to a noble but poor family that originally came from Fulda and was barely more than a child when he began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, under Hubert Maurer.