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Johann Salomon Wahl (1689 – 1765) was a German painter who became court painter in Denmark.Wahl was born in Chemnitz and was trained as a painter between 1705 to 1711 with David Hoyer in Leipzig. In 1719 he settled in Hamburg where he worked as a portrait painter of Holstein and Danish nobility. In 1722 he worked out of Hamburg for the Danish Royal Family.When Christian VI ascended the throne in 1730 Wahl moved to Copenhagen.
