Christian Fritzsch
Christian Fritzsch (born April 3, 1695 in Saxony , † September 28, 1769 in Schiffbek ) was a German engraver.
Life
Fritzsch was the son of a shepherd in Saxony and received his first training from Martin Bernigeroth in Leipzig . From there he moved to his friend, the portrait painter Johann Salomon Wahl , who, also from Saxony, had settled in Hamburg and from there served the royal Danish court with portraits. Fritzsch received the citizenship of Hamburg on April 8, 1718. He became the court copper engraver of Duke Karl Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorf , who gave him a country house in Schiffbek, which became the center of his life. Christian Fritzsch made numerous portraits of contemporaries and based on paintings, including oil portraits of Balthasar Denner , who worked in Altona , as templates. Many of his engravings were used as book illustrations. His sons Christian Friedrich Fritzsch and Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch also became engravers under his guidance. A portrait of his father from 1734 by Christian Friedrich has been preserved as an early work.
A younger brother of Christian Fritzsch, like his friend Johann Salomon Wahl, is said to have been a student of the Leipzig portrait painter David Hoyer , who also worked for the royal Danish court.
literature
- Theodor Raspe : Fritzsch (Fritsch), Christian . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 500–501 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of Christian Fritzsch. State and University Library Hamburg, accessed on February 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fritzsch, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fritsch, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1769 |
| Place of death | Schiffbek |