Caspar Bernhard Hardy

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Caspar Bernhard Hardy, portrayed by Benedikt Beckenkamp in 1808
Caspar Bernhard Hardy: Lady with a mirror, wax figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Caspar Bernhard Hardy , also Kaspar Bernhard Hardy (born August 26, 1726 in Cologne ; † March 17, 1819 ibid), was a German priest , wax boss , painter , enameller, bronze caster and manufacturer of physical instruments.

The pharmacist's son Caspar Bernhard Hardy became a clergyman and worked his life as an artist in his hometown of Cologne. In Paris Musée Carnavalet are nine of his works on display - for example, a wax figure of Benjamin Franklin .

At an advanced age - already cathedral vicar at the Margaret Chapel - Hardy was valued as a copyist of several paintings by Pieter van Laer and Breughel . As an enamel painter, he created the world savior after Carlo Dolci . A gold-plated savior by the bronze caster Hardy is part of the Cologne cathedral treasure .

The physically trained artist Hardy created a planetarium that was driven by a clockwork.

In 1815, Goethe praised Hardy's wax sculptures.

Hardy was supported and made known by one of his students - the twenty-two years younger art collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf .

Hardy died after a long illness. His grave on Melaten is thought to be lost.

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SURNAME Hardy, Caspar Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardy, Kaspar Bernhard; Hardy, Kaspar Bernard; Hardy, Bern Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest, sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1726
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1819
Place of death Cologne