Johann Eberhard Ihle (5 June 1727, in Esslingen – 17 January 1814, in Nuremberg) was a German painter.
He was the son of portraitist Johann Jakob Ihle (1702–1774), from whom he first learned painting.Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Volume 3 by Michael Bryan In 1749 he settled in Nuremberg, where in 1751 he became a member of the Nürnberger Malerakademie. From 1771 to 1811 he served as director of the Academy.Ihle, Johann Eberhard In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, , S. 125 f.
His painting style ranged from Rococo to Classicism. He is considered one of the more significant Nuremberg portrait painters of the second half of the 18th century.
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