Heinrich Bettkober
Heinrich Bettkober (born May 11, 1746 in Berlin , † September 19, 1809 in Berlin; full name Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sigismund Bettkober ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Bettkober began his artistic training in 1764 with the French Sigisbert Michel, who had recently been appointed head of the Berlin court sculptor's workshop . From 1771 to 1774 he then studied with the then internationally known painter, engraver, draftsman and etcher Georg Friedrich Schmidt .
From 1786 on he worked at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, initially as a lecturer, from 1791 as a member of the academy.
His works include a tomb in Berlin's Nicolaikirche (1774), a relief image of the Prussian Queen Luise (1798) and his involvement in the artistic design of the Brandenburg Gate under the direction of Johann Gottfried Schadow .
From 1789 to 1794, one of Bettkober's students was Friedrich Tieck , the brother of the writer Ludwig Tieck .
Works
- Bronzed plaster statue of King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia as a foundation of the wife of Frederick the Great , Queen Elisabeth Christine , installed in Monbijou Palace in Berlin in 1796 .
A replica made of bronzed plaster was erected on September 18, 2004 as an - initially only temporary - art project in Berlin-Mitte at the corner of Linienstraße and Weydingerstraße, but was still available in summer 2009. - Sandstone statue of Field Marshal Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin for his Schwerinsburg estate , now in the German Historical Museum in Berlin.
- Sandstone tomb of Abbess Maria Magdalena Rosina von Quitzow (1726–1802) from 1804 in the cemetery of the Stift zum Heiligengrabe monastery.
gallery
Statue of Friedrich Wilhelm I in Berlin-Mitte
Statue of K. Ch. Graf von Schwerin in the DHM Berlin
Relief of Queen Luise (1798)
literature
- Robert Dohme: Bettkober, Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sigismund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 582 f.
- The Hohenzollern statues in Prussia . Publishing house of the Royal Secret Upper Hofbuchdruckerei , Berlin 1868.
- The amount to be paid daily ad piosusus to the town hall by the academic sculptor Bettkober from Berlin because of the permission to show his leading figures and the claim made by the local office., 1786- Stadtarchiv Dresden, 2.1.3-C.XVII .54
Web links
supporting documents
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bettkober, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bettkober, Christian Friedrich Heinrich Sigismund (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1746 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1809 |
| Place of death | Berlin |