Joseph Krafft was a very well-known Austrian portrait painter and miniaturist of the begin of the 19th century. He was born in Hanau (1787) as younger brother of the famous Viennese historical painter Johann Peter Krafft. Such as his father, Joseph Krafft was first active as enamel painter, but in 1801 moved to Vienna to begin as portrait miniaturist. He became a very popular portraitist of the high society; among his sitters were royals including Kaiser Franz I and his wife Carolina Augusta. He not only painted miniatures but also portraits of large size. Joseph Krafft died at the age of only 41 years in 1828.