Georg Friedrich Christian Seekatz

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Georg Friedrich Christian Seekatz (* 5. December 1683 in Westerburg , † 22. December 1750 in Weilburg on the Lahn ) was a German painter of the Baroque .

Life

Weilburg Castle Church: sound cover of the pulpit

Georg Friedrich Christian Seekatz came from the Westerburger Seekatz family of painters . He was the third of four children who emerged from the marriage of Johann Georg Seekatz (1644–1715) and Christina Dern . His older brother was the painter Johann Martin Seekatz . Both had apprenticed to a master Mathias .

Georg FC Seekatz was appointed court painter to Johann Ernst von Nassau-Weilburg in 1706 . This entrusted him with the management of the painting of the new buildings of the castle and the castle church . The court architect Julius Ludwig Rothweil set up a workshop for him with four journeymen.

As a court painter, Georg Friedrich Christian Seekatz married Maria Christiana Schmitt, the daughter of the hatter Johann Philipp Schmitt, on October 4, 1712 . With her he had the children Henriette (* July 15 ≈ 18 July 1713), Ernst Jacob (* March 25 ≈ March 27, 1716). The births of the children Georg Christian Seekatz and Johann Christian Seekatz are not documented .

Seekatz died on December 22nd, 1750 in Weilburg an der Lahn. He worked for the Nassau-Weilburg house until his death .

Works

Weilburg Castle Church: Emblem

As a court painter in Weilburg, he made numerous oil paintings as well as wall and ceiling paintings in the castle from 1706 . Its most outstanding achievement is the 1,548 imitation Delft tiles. Each imitation has its own motif, Seekatz made over 2,000 designs. Numerous paintings by him are still in the castle. The painting on the biblical subject Resurrection of Seekatz comes from the five interchangeable pulpit pictures in the castle church , probably also the two unsigned pictures with the subjects of the Ascension of Christ and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit . The pulpit pictures are stored on rollers and can be raised and lowered by hand. From 1714 he began painting the Windhof , a pleasure palace near Weilburg. The work continued with interruptions until 1726. These paintings deal with themes from Greek mythology .

In addition to his work at Weilburg Castle, he also directed the painting work in the castle and Paulskirche in Kirchheimbolanden . This city belonged to the domain of the House of Nassau-Weilburg.

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SURNAME Seekatz, Georg Friedrich Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seekatz, Georg Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH Westerburg
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1750
Place of death Weilburg