Georg Heydt

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Georg Heydt (born March 20, 1619 in Königshofen i. Grabfeld ) was a German painter.

Heydt lived and worked in Dettelbach in the middle of the 17th century . There he was a respected citizen and a member of the council .

Three altarpieces of his works have been preserved, which were created in 1659 for the castle church in Amorbach .

literature

  • Max Walter: Georg Heydt, a painter from Main Franconia. In: Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst . Volume 6, 1954, p. 247
  • Lieselotte Klemmer: Heydt, Georg. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 345 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Heydt, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1619
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigshofen i. Grave field
DATE OF DEATH after 1659