Andreas Vestner
Andreas Vestner (born September 5, 1707 in Nuremberg ; † March 12, 1754 ibid ) was a German medalist and die cutter .
Life
Vestner was born as the son of die cutter and medalist Georg Wilhelm Vestner (1677–1740). He learned the profession of his father, who was one of the most important medalists in southern Germany. He was initially an assistant and from 1726 a partner in his father's workshop. Both created numerous works together, so that today it is difficult to distinguish who can be attributed which work.
Like his father, Andreas Vestner became a medalist and stamp cutter for the city of Nuremberg as well as an episcopal Würzburg and electoral Bavarian court and chamber medalist. He signed his works differently. This is how the signatures VESTNER IUN appear. (Vestner Junior), A.VESTNER (Andreas Vestner) or just V or Vestner , the latter he used almost exclusively after his father's death in 1740.
Andreas Vestner died on March 12, 1754, at the age of 46, in his native Nuremberg.
Works (selection)
- 1733: Medal on the occasion of Christiana Mariana von Ziegler being awarded the imperial privileged poet's crown
- 1735: Medal for Emperor Charles VI. on the occasion of the Peace of Vienna
- 1742: Medal on the occasion of Charles VII's coronation as German Emperor
- 1742: Medal for Charles VII as German Emperor
- 1745: Medal of the Electorate of Bavaria on the occasion of the death of Emperor Karl VII.
- 1745: Medal for the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt on the occasion of the coronation of Franz I Stephan as German Emperor
- 1745: Medal for Maria Theresa on the occasion of the Peace of Füssen
- 1748: Medal for the 100th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia
- 1749: Medal for the Diocese of Würzburg on the occasion of the Sedis vacancy in 1749
literature
- Johann Ludwig Ammon: Collection of famous medalists and mint masters along with their symbols. Christian Gotthold Hausse, Regensburg 1778, pages 129–130. ( Digitized )
- Francisca Bernheimer: Georg Wilhelm Vestner and Andreas Vestner. Two Nuremberg medalists. Uni-Druck, Munich 1984, ISBN 978-3-87821-199-0 .
- Hans Heinrich Füssli : General artist lexicon. Or brief news of the life and works of the painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, art foundries, steel cutters. Part 2, Orell, Füeßli and Compagnie, Zurich 1818, page 3011. ( digitized )
- Walter Grasser: Vestner, Andreas. In: Karl Bosl (Ed.): Bosls Bayerische Biographie. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , page 802. ( digitized )
- Felix Joseph von Lipowsky : Baierisches artist lexicon. Volume 2, E. Fleischmann, Munich 1810, page 150. ( digitized )
Web links
- Andreas Vestner in the German biography
- Entry on Andreas Vestner in Kalliope
- Entry about Vestner, Andreas (1707–1754) in the CERL Thesaurus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vestner, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medalist and die cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1754 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |