Franz Anton Ermeltraut

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Franz Anton Ermeltraut (* 17th October 1717 in Heidelberg , † 21st May 1767 in Wuerzburg , in some sources also Franz Anton Ermentraut ) was a German painter of the Baroque and Hofmalerei -Inspektor at Prince Bishop's court in Würzburg.

Life

Franz Anton Ermeltraut came from Heidelberg and initially worked in the Electoral Palatinate region at the beginning of his career as a painter. Ermeltraut is traceable in Würzburg around 1747. Around 1748 he painted the ceiling frescoes in the Dominican Church (today the Augustinian Church) . In 1749 he portrayed Prince-Bishop Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads based on French models. He then left Würzburg and worked in Schwetzingen from 1753 to 1755 , where he painted a dining room in Schwetzingen Castle in 1754 . In 1756/57 he was involved in the rococo renovation of the Jesuit church St. Michael in Freiburg in Üechtland (Switzerland). Under the direction of the court architect Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti , he designed the ceilings of the choir and the nave.

After his return to Würzburg he was appointed court painting inspector by Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim in 1759 as the successor to Georg Anton Urlaub . Following a decree from the 1760s, he also led the offices of a Kabinetsinspektors and titular Cammerdieners , for which he received an annual salary of 100 guilders.

In 1765/66 he created grisaille- style wall and ceiling paintings in the southern garden pavilion of the court garden in Veitshöchheim Palace . During these years, Ermeltraut also designed the vestibule of the Würzburg Residence with classical grisaille paintings on the ceiling stucco by Lodovico Bossi and with other ceiling paintings. In 1767 he died in Würzburg at the age of 49.

Works (selection)

With his paintings, stucco paintings and frescoes , Ermeltraut mainly created sacred works of art , portraits and works with mythical themes. Two different signatures are known from him. In 1749 he signed a painting with "FErmeltraut" ( ligated ) and he gave his paintings in the Jesuit Church in Freiburg with the abbreviation "F AE", with a sign similar to the "4".

painting

Johann Franz von Stauffenberg on horseback
Allegory of Sculpture
  • 1739 - Equestrian portrait of Johann Franz von Stauffenberg , oil painting
  • 1746 - Prince Karl Eugen's horse from Würtenbergu , copper engraving and etching on paper (340 × 275 cm) by Johann Elias Ridinger based on a template by Ermeltraut
  • 1749 - Portrait of Prince-Bishop Karl Philipp von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads , oil painting on canvas in the Mainfränkisches Museum in Würzburg (richly carved and gilded wooden frame, signed and dated on the right edge of the picture: "F Ermeltraut (ligated). Pinx: 1749.")
  • 1753 - Portrait of Jakob Friedrich de Neufville , oil painting on canvas
  • 1765 - Portrait of a draftsman , oil painting on canvas (91.5 × 72.5 cm)
  • 1769 - The Allegory of Sculpture or The Allegory of Sculpture , oil painting on canvas (40.2 or 40.8 × 51.2 or 51.8 in 102 × 130 cm)
  • unknown - The mourning for Adonis , oil painting on canvas (42.9 × 46.5 in 109 × 118 cm), from the workshop of Ermeltraut
  • unknown - Saint Peter , oil painting on copper (15.5 × 11 cm)

Stucco and wall paintings

  • 1756/57 - Rococo reconstruction of the Jesuit church St. Michael in Freiburg im Üechtland (Switzerland)
    • Frescoes in the choir
      • The triumph of the name Jesus with the coat of arms of the Society of Jesus with the Redeemer Child
      • The coronation of Mary
      • several medallions , four of which represent personifications of Jesuit missionaries who worked in Asia, Africa, America and the Euro.
    • Fresco in the transition from choir and nave
      • Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam , the Jesuit motto For the greater glory of God
    • Frescoes in the center of the church
      • Open sky
      • archangel Michael
      • Clash of good and bad
      • Redemption of man through Jesus Christ
    • Fresco in the back of the church
      • Fall of the demons into hell
    • Fresco above the organ
      • Fall of Adam and Eve
  • 1765 - Design of the southern pavilion of the court garden in Veitshöchheim Castle
    • Wall and ceiling paintings in grisaille style. The paintings faded today show the following motifs:
      • Pomona is persuaded to marry by Vertumnus (in the dome)
      • The emergence of the hyacinth after the death of Hyacinthus
      • The kidnapping of Ganymede
      • The transformation of the Cyparissus into a cypress

Web links

Commons : Franz Anton Ermeltraut  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Employment at the Würzburger Hof
  2. ^ Cabinet inspector and titular valet at the Würzburger Hof (called on August 14, 2009)
  3. ↑ Painting on www.auction-house-zezula.com ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.auction-house-zezula.com
  4. ↑ painting on www.uniarchiv.uni-wuerzburg.de
  5. ^ Copy of the painting in the Senckenberg portraits collection
  6. ↑ painting on www.artnet.de
  7. ↑ painting on www.artnet.de
  8. ↑ painting on www.invaluable.com
  9. ^ Wall and ceiling paintings in the Veitshöchheim palace garden
  10. ^ Ceiling painting in the Würzburg Residence
personal data
SURNAME Ermeltraut, Franz Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ermentraut, Franz Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baroque painter and court painting inspector
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1767
Place of death Wurzburg