Anton Friedrich König (painter)

Anton Friedrich König (born April 15, 1722 in Berlin ; † October 10, 1787 ibid) was a German miniature painter who had worked as a royal court miniature portrait painter for Frederick the Great since 1767 .

Life

Frederick II , 1769

Anton Friedrich König was the son of the draftsman and engraver Anton Balthasar König (1693–1773). He attended the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts and Mechanical Sciences in Berlin. At first he worked in the scientific mathematical field and made maps and plans. He was a student of C. L. Blessendorf and Antoine Pesne . After he switched his activity to miniature painting, he was very productive and portrayed many nobles, he is said to have painted over a thousand miniature portraits of Friedrich II alone, many of which he also signed. Some of the unsigned miniature portraits ascribed to him could also be of Judah Pinhas , with whom he worked temporarily. König married Anna Dorothea Schröder, who worked as a draftsman and painter, and one son was the medalist Anton Friedrich König (1756–1838).

Since 1774 he was an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts and inspector of the royal sculptures in Berlin.

Works (selection)

Duke Ferdinand of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Frederick the Great
General of Duhan (around 1760) and her sister (around 1760)

literature

King, (Anton Friedrich) . In: Johann Herkules Haid (Hrsg.): New historical hand-lexicon, or brief biographical and historical news from famous patriarchs, kaysers, kings, ... up to the year 1794 . 3rd part. Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1794, Sp. 182 ( books.google.de ).
König, Anton Friedrich (the elder) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 144-145 .
Georg Biermann: German baroque and rococo . EE Schwabach, Leipzig 1914, p. 696 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Anton Friedrich König - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ King, Anton Balthasar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 144 .
↑ King, Anton Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 145-146 .
^ Anton Friedrich König. adk.de, accessed on October 31, 2019 .
↑ General von Duhan on sothebys.com.
↑ Sister of General von Duhan on sothebys.com.

personal data
SURNAME	King, Anton Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	King, Anton Friedrich the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German royal court miniature portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1787
Place of death	Berlin

[1] King, Anton Balthasar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 144 .

[2] King, Anton Friedrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 145-146 .

[3] Anton Friedrich König. adk.de, accessed on October 31, 2019 .

[4] General von Duhan on sothebys.com.

[5] Sister of General von Duhan on sothebys.com.