Jakob Crescenz Seydelmann
Jakob Crescenz Seydelmann (* before July 26, 1750 in Dresden ; † March 27, 1829 there ) was a German painter and draftsman. He was the son of the electoral chamber musician Francesco Seydelmann (Franz Joseph Seydelmann). His brother was the musician and composer Franz Seydelmann .
Life
Seydelmann was a student of Giuseppe Canales and Giovanni Battista Casanova in Dresden and studied in Rome with Anton Raphael Mengs from 1772 . After returning to Dresden, he became a professor at the Academy of Arts in 1782 , but visited Rome nine more times and died on March 27, 1829 in Dresden.
He made himself known primarily through sepia drawings based on the Sistine Madonna and the Night by Antonio da Correggio as well as other famous paintings in the Dresden Picture Gallery , mostly the size of the originals, and was even considered the inventor of the sepia technique.
His wife Apollonia (nee de Forgue) was also an excellent artist. They married on June 17, 1767 in Venice. The couple were friends with the family of the painter Gerhard von Kügelgen .
literature
- Hermann Arthur Lier: Seydelmann, Jakob Crescentius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 85 f.
- Jakob Crescenz Seydelmann . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 549 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Jens Christian Jensen: Caspar David Friedrich. Life and work. Verlag M. DuMont, Schauberg, 1974, p. 77.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seydelmann, Jakob Crescenz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seydelmann, Crescentius Josephus Johannes; Seydelmann, Jacob; Seidelmann, Crescens Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before July 26, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1829 |
| Place of death | Dresden |