Elias Baeck
Elias Baeck , alias Heldenmuth , also Elias Beck (* 1679 ; † 1747 in Augsburg ), was a German painter , engraver and cartographer .
Elias Baeck studied in Rome , where he was nicknamed Heldenmuth. He worked in Venice and Laibach and finally settled in Augsburg.
Elias Baeck copied animals based on models by the Hague painter and etcher Marc de Bye (around 1612–1670) and added plants. He signed the sheets with EB a. H. for Elias Baeck alias Heldenmuth . Baeck cut histories, landscapes, battles and portraits - partly in the style of Johann Sadeler .
The Indian rhinoceros Clara .
Engraving by Elias Baeck in 1746
Engraving by Elias Baeck in 1746
literature
- Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Munich 1835, vol. 1 of 22: A-Boe , P. 222.
- Baeck, Elias, called Heldenmuth . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 337 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
Commons : Elias Baeck - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Elias Baeck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Elias Baeck in the German Digital Library
- Felix Joseph Lipowsky : Baierisches Kuenstler-Lexikon, Munich 1810 Digitized from the MDZ
- Commemorative sheet for the bicentenary of the Reformation in Augsburg's St. Ulrich Church in 1717: online in the LWL Museum for Art and Culture
- Entries in Arthistoricum.net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baeck, Elias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heldenmuth, Elias; Beck, Elias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, engraver and cartographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1679 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1747 |
| Place of death | augsburg |