Christian Friedrich Krull

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Christian Friedrich Krull (born April 11, 1748 in Hesse am Fallstein near Wolfenbüttel, † February 23, 1787 in Braunschweig ) was a Braunschweig medalist and sculptor.

Life

Christian Friedrich Krull was the son of pastor Johann Heinrich Krull and attended high school in Wolfenbüttel . He then studied law at the University of Helmstedt , later mathematics and natural sciences. After dropping out of his studies, he taught the children of the bailiff Julius David Denicke in Süpplingenburg . He married Denicke's daughter in 1776. Together with Lessing and Abbot Jerusalem, he founded the “Great Club” in Braunschweig. He died of consumption on February 23, 1787.

plant

On the broken column is the medallion portrait of Duke Leopold von Krull

In addition to the two medallion portraits of Duke Leopold and Ernst Siegmund von Lestwitz on gravestones made for Johann Heinrich Oden , he made all the stamps of the Braunschweig Mint from 1776 to 1787. He also cut mint dies for neighboring mints like Hildesheim. On April 26, 1782 he was appointed mint commissioner in Braunschweig. He also created models for the Fürstenberg porcelain factory . His porcelain busts for Abbot Jerusalem and Lessing are known. Only the life-size plaster model of Lessing exists today, which he created using his death mask. This bust is so lively that it far exceeds any of Lessing's portraits. The coins of Duke Leopold, Lessing and his father-in-law Denicke are considered his masterpieces.

literature

  • Horst-Rüdiger Jarck (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 8th to 18th centuries, page 420, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7
  • Paul Jonas Meier : The sculptor's handicrafts in the city of Braunschweig since the Reformation. In: Workpieces from the museum, archive and library of the City of Braunschweig VIII., Appelhans, Braunschweig 1936.

Individual proof

  1. ↑ PJ Meier: The artwork, p. 112 (see literature)
personal data
SURNAME Krull, Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lower Saxony sculptor of the early modern period
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Hesse
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1787
Place of death Braunschweig