Apollonia Seydelmann

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Apollonia Seydelmann (born de Forgue ; born June 17, 1767 or 1768 in Venice or Trieste, † June 27, 1840 in Dresden ) was a German-Italian miniature painter .

Life

She was the daughter of a French landowner and the Roman Teresa Tomasini. After her father's death, her mother married the poet Caterino Mazzolà (1745–1806). The family moved from Venice to Dresden, where their stepfather became court poet. There she married the painter Jakob Crescenz Seydelmann at the age of 16 . Under his guidance, she made rapid progress as a painter. In 1790 the couple traveled to Italy, where Apollonia Seydelmann studied miniature painting with Theresa Maron , the sister of Anton Raphael Mengs . When they returned to Dresden, she had already earned an excellent reputation for her sepia drawings and miniatures and was accepted as a member of the Dresden Academy , for which she received a pension of 200 thalers.

Maria with child after Raffael , between 1792 and 1816, print graphic by Johann Friedrich Müller after a drawing by Apollonia Seydelmann

After her drawing of the Sistine Madonna , Johann Friedrich Müller (1782–1816) was to execute his famous copperplate engraving; However, he was not entirely satisfied with Seydelmann's work and therefore traveled first to Dresden to make his own drawing, and then through Italy, where he familiarized himself with Raphael's pictures .

family

From her marriage to Jakob Seydelmann she had a daughter:

  • Luise (January 29, 1799; † June 4, 1874) ⚭ 1817 Anton Ludwig Gustav Adolf von Zedlitz (* September 25, 1786; † December 30, 1852)

literature

  • Seydelmann (Apollonia). In: General German Real Encyclopedia for the educated classes: Conversations-lexikon. Volume 9: Seetz to Tiz. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1820, pp. 10-11 ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Friedrich August Schmidt, Bernhardt Friedrich Voigt: Chreszens Jacob Seyidelmann. In: New Nekrolog der Deutschen. Volume VII, Part 1. Bernh. Fr. Voigt, Ilmenau 1831, pp. 296–299, here from p. 298. ( full text in the Google book search).
  • Seidelmann, Apollonia. In: C. Herlosssohn (Ed.): Damen Conversations Lexikon . Volume 9: Rubens to Tebernakel. Adorf Verlags-Bureau, 1837, p. 196 ( zeno.org ).
  • Seydelmann, Apollonia . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 549 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ August Wintterlin:  Müller, Johannes Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 617-620.
personal data
SURNAME Seydelmann, Apollonia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forgue, Apollonia de (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Italian miniature painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1767 or 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice or Trieste
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1840
Place of death Dresden