Anna Maria Braun

Anna Maria Braun ( née Pfründt; Signum AMP and AMB ; * 1642 in Lyon ; † August 13, 1713 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German painter, medalist and wax boss.

Life

Anna Maria Pfründt was born in Lyon in 1642, she came from the family of the wax boss and medalist Georg Pfründt (1603–1663). In 1659 she married the medalist Johann Bartholomäus Braun (died 1684) from Nuremberg . From 1659 she signed her work with AMB , before that the sign was AMP. In her work she achieved a great mastery with her colored wax embossing, which echoes Antonio Abondio .

She was twice called to the imperial court in Vienna. You could put them in a row with the work of Christian Wermuth . She was also known in her time for her flower paintings. She died in Frankfurt am Main in 1713 . Works by her are in the collections in Braunschweig in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum , in Kassel in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, in the Kunstkammer of the Schlossmuseum Gotha and in Vienna in the Museum für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe.

In 1906 she showed two medals at the art exhibition in Dresden: Friedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach .

literature

Benefactor, Anna Maria . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 538 .
Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel : Saxonia Numismatica. Ernestine Line, Dresden 1705, plate 65.
Eva Wipplinger: Medal artists in Germany, creativity in the past and present. 1992/1993 Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle / Saale and 1993 Frauenmuseum (Bonn) , ISBN 3-86105-066-8 .

Individual evidence

^ Braun [née Pfründt], Anna Maria . In: The Grove Dictionary of Art . Macmillan, Basingstoke, England August 13, 1713, doi : 10.1093 / gao / 9781884446054.article.T010990 (English, beginning of article).
^ L. Forrer: Braun, Maria Anna . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape 1 : A-D . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 270 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ L. Forrer: Anna Maria Braun . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape 7 : Supplement A-L . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, p. 116 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Unter Braun, Johann Bartholomäus ).

personal data
SURNAME	Braun, Anna Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Benefactor, Anna Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, medalist and wax boss
DATE OF BIRTH	1642
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lyon
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 1713
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Braun [née Pfründt], Anna Maria . In: The Grove Dictionary of Art . Macmillan, Basingstoke, England August 13, 1713, doi : 10.1093 / gao / 9781884446054.article.T010990 (English, beginning of article).

[2] L. Forrer: Braun, Maria Anna . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape 1 : A-D . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, p. 270 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[3] L. Forrer: Anna Maria Braun . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape 7 : Supplement A-L . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, p. 116 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Unter Braun, Johann Bartholomäus ).