Franz Heinrich von Naumann
August Franz Heinrich von Naumann (born June 12, 1749 in Merseburg , † June 26, 1795 in Salzburg , ± Petersfriedhof Salzburg ) was a German engineer officer and vedute painter .
Life
Naumann was the son of the royal Polish and Electoral Saxon lieutenant colonel Franz Rudolf von Naumann (1703–1755) and his second wife Henrietta Maria von Ende. He is the grandson of the Colonel and Baroque architect Johann Christoph von Naumann (1664–1742) and great-nephew of the major general and Baroque architect Joachim Daniel von Jauch (1688–1754).
In the tradition of his family - his uncle Johann Christoph von Naumann (1691–1779) was also a colonel in the engineering team at the time - Naumann became a non-commissioned engineer in 1761. He took part in a campaign in the years 1761–1763 during the Seven Years' War . In 1767 he resigned. He was a student of Franz Leonhard Herget (1741-1800), since 1767 professor at the engineering school in Prague . In 1768 Naumann can be proven again as a Sous-Lieutenant in the Saxon military . 1785 Imperial-Royal lieutenant and district engineer. In 1786 he was a drawing master for noble families in Linz , in 1788 he was appointed High Prince-Salzburg Engineer under the enlightened Prince Archbishop Colloredo (1732-1812), whose progressive spirit attracted many leading scientists, writers, painters and musicians from the German-speaking area to Salzburg. First lieutenant and cabinet drawing master. In particular, Naumann produced vedutas of the Salzburger Land.
Naumann is buried in the Naumann-Keldorfer family crypt in the Petersfriedhof Salzburg (arcade crypt No. 32).
The Naumanngasse in Salzburg is named after him.
Works
- Map of the royal residence city of Salzburg including the main fortress Hochen-Salzburg , 1789 (oldest map of the city, original in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, illustration in “Historical Atlas of the City of Salzburg”, series of publications by the Salzburg City Archives No. 11, Salzburg 1999 )
- Johann Paul Franz Thelott: “Collection of the most beautiful prospectuses of the State of Salzburg” , a series of images that appeared from 1791 to 1795 and contained 28 colored etchings that go back to Naumann. (In Franz Martin's “Art History of Salzburg” from 1925, Naumann's pictures are classified as “weak”. The mountains are “terribly marked” on them, but they by no means lack a certain historical value.) Including:
- View of the Gastein waterfall
- The powder mill near Salzburg with a view of the Hohenvestung and the view towards the Neuhaus castle
- Vue de Hallein ville de Salines dans le pays de Salzbourg , 1791
portrait
- August Franz Heinrich von Naumann, etching around 1785 by Laurenz Hübner (copy in the Salzburg University Library, call number G 1066 II)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Naumann, August Franz Heinrich von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1869, p. 105 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ulrike Klingenschmidt, On the 200th anniversary of the death of a Salzburg topographer from Mozart's time - August Franz Heinrich von Naumann , in: Weltkunst , Volume 65, 1995, p. 1921.
- Salzburg treasures from private ownership. The Friends of Salzburg History exhibit , special exhibition in the Salzburg Baroque Museum on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the association "Friends of Salzburg History" from November 6th to 27th, 2005, catalog.
Individual evidence
- ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Merseburg, 1845, p. 356
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Naumann, Franz Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer officer and vedute painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1749 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merseburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1795 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |