Georg Joseph Cöntgen

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Georg Joseph Cöntgen , often Coentgen (born January 28, 1752 in Mainz , † January 28, 1799 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German engraver .

life and work

Georg Joseph Cöntgen was the son of the copper engraver Georg Hugo Cöntgen and the grandson of Anton Bartholomäus Cöntgen, who also worked as a copper engraver . All were resident and artistically active in Mainz. Georg Joseph Cöntgen, who worked not only as a copper engraver, but also as a painter , moved to Frankfurt am Main in the second half of the 18th century , where he founded a public drawing and painting academy in 1779.

He engraved many portraits, including that of the penultimate elector and archbishop of old Mainz, Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal . Sheets from his hand, with "GIC sc." is also found in an edition of Don Quixotte: Life and Deeds of the Wise Junker Don Quixote of Mancha, New Edition, from the original of Cervantes, together with the continuation of Avellaneda . In six volumes, by Friedrich Justin Bertuch .

Cöntgen's wife, Elisabeth, born Mund, was also a painter and engraver. She painted pieces of flowers, she was also very skilled at drawing. This artist died in 1778 at the age of 52.

Works (selection)

Siège de Mayence en l'année 1689
Copper engraving from Siège de Mayence en l'année 1689. Relation de tout ce qui s'est passé pendant le siège de Mayence en 1689, et de ce qui l'a précédé immédiatement . with French explanations above
  • Attaques Du Fort William-Henri
Attack on Fort William Henry by the troops under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ; after a drawing by Laurids de Therbu, engraved in 1789
  • Liegnitz
La bataille de Lignitz , qui se donna entre Sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse et les Imperiaux sous le commandement du General de Laudon le 15. Aout 1760. Map of the area around Liegnitz with drawing of the troop positions and extensive engraved legend A - U. Hand-colored copper engraving by Georg Joseph Cöntgen after L. Therbu, 2nd half of the 18th century. Plate size: 41 × 28 cm. Sheet size: 44.5 × 30.5 cm.
  • Plan de Wesel
Plan de Wesel. Copper engraving after Therbu; died by GJ Cöntgen. Mainz, 1763. Fortification plan of Wesel with Fr. explanations below ( Siege de Wesel ). 36: 23.5 cm.
  • Mine scenery
in: Franz Ludwig Cancrin : First reasons of mining and salt works. Fifth part, which contains the art of mining , with 57 copper plates, Frankfurt am Main in der Andreean Buchhandlung, 1774
  • 15 engravings in Johann Peter Weidmanns: De Necrosi Ossium. Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt], Impensis Andreaeis, 1793. Folio
  • Portrait of Christoph Martin Wieland
in: Contributions to the secret history of the human mind and heart. Drawn from nature's archives. , Schmieder, Carlsruhe 1776; with engraved frontispiece by Georg Joseph Cöntgen.
  • Bataille De Bergen
Battle of Bergen after Laurids de Therbu, after 1789, 35.5 × 23.5 map with drawing of old colored troop positions for the battle in the area of ​​Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim in 1759. - The map shows the area Bad Vilbel, Maintal-Bischofsheim, Frankfurt -Seckbach and Gronau. Copper engraving by Georg Joseph Cöntgen; under the sheet Explanations of the battle.
  • Bataille De Cunersdorf
Battle of Kunersdorf after Laurids de Therbu, after 1789, 35.5 × 23.5 cm Tooley's Dic. of Mapm. Rev. Ed. A - D, p. 293. Map of the area between Frankfurt / Oder and Kunersdorf with drawings of the troop positions from August 12, 1759. Detailed legend under the map.
after Laurids de Therbu; Troop positions for battle near Sandershausen ; including legend,
  • Bataille De Wroclaw
Battle of Breslau after Laurids de Therbu, after 1789, 35.5 × 23.5; Map of the area around Wroclaw with fortification plan

including drawings of old colored troop positions for the battle on November 22nd, 1757; under the card explanations.

  • Bataille De Creveld
Battle of Krefeld after Laurids de Therbu, 35.5 × 23.5 Krefeld: Tooley's Dic. of Mapm. Rev. Ed. A - D, p. 293. - Map of the Krefeld area with drawings of the troop positions from June 23, 1758. Explanations under the sheet.
  • Plan de Dusseldorff
Copper engraving after Therbu; engraved by GJ Cöntgen. Mainz, 1763. Fortification plan of Düsseldorf, which was bombed in the Seven Years' War, with French explanations below ("Plan du bombardement de Dusseldorf commence le 28 juin 1758"). 35.5: 23.5 cm.

literature

  • Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. (22 vols.), Published by EA Fleischmann, Munich 1835-1852
  • Plans de la guerre de sept ans contenant les batailles, combats, prices de villes, camps, etc  .; dessinés par L. Therbu, lieutenant engineer. Gravure par Coentgen 1793, Mayence. 33 feuilles.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source on the life data from the Archive for Middle Rhine Church History , Volume 56; However, in the Frankfurter Biographie , vol. AL, page 134, the date of birth is given as May 17, 1752
  2. ↑ To the father Georg Hugo Cöntgen
  3. ↑ On the grandfather Anton Bartholomäus Cöntgen
  4. ↑ Michael Bryan Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers (Volume 1)
personal data
SURNAME Cöntgen, Georg Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coentgen, Georg Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1799
Place of death Frankfurt am Main