Abraham Wuchters

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Portrait of Christian IV of Denmark, made by Abraham Wuchters shortly after his arrival in Denmark

Abraham Wuchters (* 1608 in Antwerp , Spanish Netherlands ; † May 23, 1682 in Sorø , Kingdom of Denmark ) was a Dutch-Danish painter and engraver.

Career

Abraham Wuchters was born and raised in Flanders during the reigns of Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain and Albrecht VII of Habsburg . Nothing is known about his youth. He immigrated to the Kingdom of Denmark in 1638. The following year, 1639, he took up a job as a drawing teacher at Sorø Akademi . Around the same time he was called to Copenhagen , where he made several portraits of King Christian IV . In 1645 he returned to Christiansborg Palace to paint a portrait of the king's children, including lrik Christian Gyldenløve (around 1645, Statens Museum for Kunst ) and Duke Frederik (III) (around 1645, Amalienborg Palace ).

Between 1658 and 1662 he held twice in the royal court of Sweden in Stockholm , where he Queen Christina of Sweden (1660 at the University of Uppsala and in 1661 in Stockholm Palace ), Charles X Gustav and Hedwig Eleonora of Duke of Holstein-Gottorp portrayed .

Back in Denmark Wuchters was from Friedrich III. , who established an absolute monarchy in Denmark in 1660, hired to look after his portraits.

In 1671 the new King Christian V appointed him the official painter at the Danish court and in 1673 the official engraver at the Danish court. He therefore had sole power to decide how the face of the absolutist king was portrayed.

As a royal painter, he also created decorative works in the royal residences, such as Rosenborg Castle . These included a beautiful fresco in the bedchamber of Queen Sophie Amalie von Braunschweig-Calenberg , where she was portrayed as Hera , the mother of the Greek gods .

Web links

Commons : Abraham Wuchters  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kunstindeks Danmark & ​​Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon - Abraham Wuchters
  2. ↑ a b Abraham Wuchters , Gyldendal - Den Store Danske
personal data
SURNAME Wuchters, Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-Danish painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1608
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp , Spanish Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1682
Place of death Sorø , Kingdom of Denmark