Constantin Friedrich Blesendorf

The orangery in the pleasure garden between the armory on the left and the castle and cathedral on the right.
Copper engraving by Constantin Friedrich Blesendorf from 1696

Constantin Friedrich Blesendorf (baptized February 22, 1674 in Berlin ; † around 1724 in Berlin) was a painter, draftsman and engraver in Berlin.

Constantin Friedrich Blesendorf was the son of the copper engraver Samuel Blesendorf . His godfather was Eberhard Freiherr von Danckelmann . He worked as a painter and engraver in Berlin. On March 11, 1700, the day of his father's funeral, he was appointed court engraver. In 1702 he was appointed a member of the Akademie der Künste , founded in 1696 , and later professor of geometry and perspective . The special importance lies in its precise reproduction of the contemporary buildings in Berlin. Like his father, he made some copperplate engravings for the "Thesaurus Electoralis Brandenburgici". Occasionally he also worked as a portrait painter. In 1707 he married and had a daughter.

literature

Gernot Ernst: The city of Berlin in printmaking 1570–1870, vol. 1 . 1st edition. Lukas-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86732-055-9 , pp. 131 .

Remarks

↑ In Thieme Becker and Nicolai, the year of death is given as 1744 or 1754. Gernot Ernst justifies the specified date of death as follows:

“The […] year of death 1744 or 1754 is not confirmed by the church records. [...] In the address calendars published by the Academy of Sciences from 1706 onwards, CF Blesendorf is given as a copper engraver from 1707 to 1723, after which his entry is missing. In the annual budget of Friedrich Wilhelm I in 1723 he is still listed as court engraver [...]. The assumption is that he died in 1724 and that Nicolai, the original source for the previous information, is a typographical error. "
↑ In the literature it is often stated that Constantin Friedrich Blesendorf was a brother of Samuel Blesendorf, which cannot be due to the large age difference.

personal data
SURNAME	Blesendorf, Constantin Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Blesendorf, Constantin Friedrich; Blesendorf, Konstantin Friedrich; Blesendorff, Constantin Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, draftsman and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized February 22, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	around 1724
Place of death	Berlin

[1] In Thieme Becker and Nicolai, the year of death is given as 1744 or 1754. Gernot Ernst justifies the specified date of death as follows:

“The […] year of death 1744 or 1754 is not confirmed by the church records. [...] In the address calendars published by the Academy of Sciences from 1706 onwards, CF Blesendorf is given as a copper engraver from 1707 to 1723, after which his entry is missing. In the annual budget of Friedrich Wilhelm I in 1723 he is still listed as court engraver [...]. The assumption is that he died in 1724 and that Nicolai, the original source for the previous information, is a typographical error. "

[2] In the literature it is often stated that Constantin Friedrich Blesendorf was a brother of Samuel Blesendorf, which cannot be due to the large age difference.