Frédéric Horthemels

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Frédéric Horthemels , (* 1688 in Paris ; † November 4, 1737 there ), was a French engraver and etcher .

Horthemels was the first son of Daniel Horthemels and Marie-Anne Cellier after the birth of three daughters . His three sisters Marie-Anne , Marie-Nicole and Louise-Madeleine were also engravers. Like his brother Daniel II, his brother Denis became a bookseller and publisher.

Little more is known about his life than that his work was never more than average and that, according to the biographer, he would have been forgotten today without his family's relationships. Shortly before his unexpected death, he was in need and found shelter at the Collège de Cornouailles . Some time later he was found dead in his room at the Collège de Cornouailles. He was lying on the tiled floor at the foot of his desk, his face toward the window. Since his death came suddenly, an investigation was opened and the death room locked. On November 5th, the day after Horthemel's death, his brother and the husbands of his sisters were there. No external injuries were attested. A witness, his roommate, testified that Horthemels had lived there for about five weeks and had little company. However, on the night of his death, noise came out of the room and he found him dead. Another roommate testified that Horthemels appeared sick the day before his death. The investigation was closed with no result.

Frédéric Horthemels's sheets can now be found in many collections, such as those of the United States National Library of Medicine , the British Museum , the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Etching Cabinet of the Warsaw University Library .

Creation (excerpt)

literature

  • Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des estampes et de la photographie: Inventaire du fonds français, engraver du XVIIIe siècle. 1970, p. 378ff. (Digitized version)
  • Société de l'histoire de l'art français: Nouvelles archives de l'art français: recueil de documents inédits. 1883, Volume IV, pp. 358ff., (Digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ United States National Library of Medicine: Naissance de St. Jean. digitalisat , accessed on November 29, 2018.
  2. ^ British Museum: La Pentecôte. digitalisat , accessed on November 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art: Adoration des Roys. digitalisat , accessed on November 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ University Library Warsaw: Mariage de Stainte Catherine. digitalisat , accessed on November 29, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Horthemels, Frédéric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1737
Place of death Paris