August Anton Heinrich Wilhelmi

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August Anton Heinrich Wilhelmi (* before 1798 , † after 1809 ) was a German visual artist and gold and silver worker.

life and work

August Anton Heinrich Wilhelmi was a well-known gold worker in Hamburg . In 1798 he became a member of the Hamburg Society for the Promotion of the Arts and Useful Trades . In 1807 he presented this society with a memorial plaque he had created and carved in silver with the bust of the late Hamburg Senator Johann Arnold Günther and the inscription “Dedicated to the carrier of the citizen's welfare”. The company placed this plaque in their meeting room.

Honors

For the bust of Senator Günther, finely chased in silver by Wilhelmi, the Hamburg Society for the Promotion of the Arts and Useful Trades presented the Hamburg gold and silver worker with the "larger gold coin of honor ".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Negotiations and writings of the Hamburg Society for the Promotion of the Arts and Useful Trades , Volume 6: Negotiations in the years 1797, 1798 and 1799 , Hamburg: Carl Ernst Bohn, 1801, p. 6; Digitized via Google books
  2. ↑ a b c Hans Heinrich Füssli: Wilhelmi (AAH) , in ders .: General Artists Lexicon, or: Brief message about the life and works of the Mahler, sculptor, builder, copper engraver, art caster, steel cutter, [et] c. [Etc. : In addition to the attached lists of teachers and students; also of the portraits of the artists contained in this lexicon , second part, which contains the continuation and addition of the first. Section 10, first half: Va - Vicentino, Orell , Füeßli and Compagnie, Zurich: Orell, Füßli and Compagnie, 1818, p. 5095; Digitized via Google books
  3. ↑ a b Allgemeiner Anzeiger der Deutschen , volume of the year, single number 156 from June 18, 1807, column 1622; Digitized via Google books
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelmi, August Anton Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metal artist, gold and silver worker
DATE OF BIRTH before 1798
DATE OF DEATH after 1809