page_title: Karl August Senff
hierarchical_section_title: Karl August Senff
caption_attribution_description: English: A Self-Portrait of Karl August Senff (1770-1838)
context_page_description: Karl August Senff was a Baltic German painter, engraver and teacher. He is best known for his etchings of famous German and Baltic German military figures in service to the Imperial Russian Army. He served as professor of drawing at the University of Dorpat from its reopening in 1802 until his death in 1838 where he trained some of Estonia's most celebrated artists.
context_section_description: Karl August Senff (12 March 1770 – 14 January [O.S. 2] 1838) was a Baltic German painter, engraver and teacher. He is best known for his etchings of famous German and Baltic German military figures in service to the Imperial Russian Army. He served as professor of drawing at the University of Dorpat (now University of Tartu) from its reopening in 1802 until his death in 1838 where he trained some of Estonia's most celebrated artists.
caption: Self-Portrait, 1808
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