Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein

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Susanna and the Elders, around 1620, Dulwich Picture Gallery

Jacob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein (also Nestus Thomann ; * around 1588 in Hagelstein near Weiler-Simmerberg ; † October 10, 1653 in Lindau (Lake Constance) ) was a German Baroque painter .

Life

After Joachim von Sandrart the Elder Ä. Teutsche Academie der Noble Bau-, Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste Thomann von Hagelstein was born in Hagelstein, a village that today belongs to Weiler-Simmerberg . In 1605 he traveled to Italy where he lived for 15 years and toured cities such as Naples , Genoa and Rome . In Rome he was friends with the painters Adam Elsheimer , Pieter Lastman , and Jacob Pinas (1592–1650). Despite numerous friendships with Dutch painters, however, he was never in the Netherlands. After Elsheimer's death he returned to Germany, where he served in the service of Emperor Ferdinand III. kicked.

Thomann von Hagelstein died in Lindau in 1653.

According to the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie , Thomann von Hagelstein was a painter of religious motifs and landscapes.

Works

  • Judith shows the people the head of Holofernes , around 1605
  • Susanna and the ancients , around 1620
  • The Flight into Egypt

literature

  • Wolfgang Wegner : Comments on Jakob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein and on the art of the Elsheimer circle . In: Städel yearbook NF . No. 2 , 1969, p. 178-188 .
  • Contributions to the life and work of the Lindau painter Jakob Ernst Thomann von Hagelstein (1588–1653) In: Wissenschaftliches Jahrbuch. Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen 2005, pp. 100–111.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nestus Thoman on De groote schouburgh of the Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Thomann van Hagelstein  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (Dutch)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rkd.nl  
personal data
SURNAME Thomann von Hagelstein, Jacob Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomann, Nestus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagelstein near Weiler-Simmerberg
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1653
Place of death Lindau (Lake Constance)