Christian Schröder (painter)

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Christian Schröder (also Johann Christian Schröder ; also Johann Christian Schreter ; * in Goslar ; † early 18th century in Prague ) was a court painter to the Bohemian royal court.

Life

Christian Schröder stayed between 1682 and 1684 to study in Rome and Venice . After his return to Prague he became court painter in 1684 when King Leopold I . He was later appointed inspector of the Prague Gallery. As early as 1685 he acquired the citizenship of the Lesser Town in Prague . The painter Peter Johann Brandl was a student of Christian Schröder from 1685 to 1691.

When Georg Kaspar Nagler says that he had to be trained at the expense of Count [Johann] Joachim Slawata in Italy. He is also said to have taken his motifs from copperplate engravings by other artists. He writes that Schröder was court painter from 1675 to 1680 as well as supervisor of the Imperial and Royal Art Gallery. From 1685 he received the citizenship of the city and in 1694 he enrolled in the Prague painters' confraternity. According to Naglers, he is said to have died at the beginning of the 18th century as councilor of the Lesser Town in Prague. It is similarly described by Gottfried Johann Dlabacž (Bohumír Jan Dlabač). He adds that at the request of Count Johann Joachim Slawata, Schröder received court freedom from Emperor Leopold I on November 14, 1681, which means that he was allowed to practice painting with the imperial permission.

Johann Heinrich Füssli also states that Schröder was married and left his family in good circumstances when he died. One of his sons son is said to have been named Caspar.

Schröder's best-known works include the paintings in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle and the high altar painting in the church “Mother of God in the Cradle” in Prague's old town .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler: Schroeter, Johann Christian . In: New general artist lexicon . 1846, p. 30 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ Gottfried Johann Dlabacž: Schröter, Joh. In: General historical artist lexicon for Bohemia and partly also for Moravia and Silesia . Gottlieb Haase, Prague 1815, Sp. 69 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Gottfried Johann Dlabacž: Christian Schrötter (correct Schröder) . In: General historical artist lexicon for Bohemia and partly also for Moravia and Silesia . Gottlieb Haase, Prague 1815, notes, p. 58–59 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ^ Johann Heinrich Füssli: Schroeter or Schroeder (Joh. Od. Christian) . In: General artist lexicon: Or: Brief message about the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, art founders, steel cutters, ... 2nd part. Orell, Füssli and Compagnie, 1813, p. 1546 ( books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Schröder, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröder, Johann Christian; Schreter, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter; Court painter at the Bohemian royal court
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Goslar
DATE OF DEATH 18th century
Place of death Prague