Jean Arnaud Villers

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Jean Arnaud Villers (also: Jean-Arnaud Villers , d'Villers Joh. Arnold Villers or Jean Arnaud Villiers; * in the 16th or 17th century; † after 1681) was a French builder and sculptor of the Baroque era who worked in Berlin and Munich , Schleswig , Celle and Hanover .

Life

1680 to 1681: Nine sandstone sculptures with classical gods and lovers on the Great Cascade in the Great Garden of Hanover-Herrenhausen

Villers, who came from Paris , was first mentioned in 1668: In the states of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , he was initially in the service of Kurbrandenburg and developed numerous plans for the palaces of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm . With a letter of recommendation from Friedrich Wilhelm from 1668, the latter sent Villers to Munich, where the master builder then worked for the court there under Elector Ferdinand Maria von Bayern .

After working in Schleswig for the Schleswig Cathedral on behalf of Duke Christian Albrecht and then in Celle, Jean Arnaud Villers went to Hanover in 1680/1681, where he created sculptures for the Great Garden of Herrenhausen on behalf of Ernst August and the later Electress Sophie .

Famous works

  • 1671: Duke Christian Albrecht and his wife Friederike Amalie of Denmark , still images on the previously made by the Amsterdam sculptor Artus Quellinus the Elder. Ä. created marble portal; Plaster standing figures on the portal of the so-called princely crypt in the Schleswig Cathedral as well as the first two stone outer coffins
  • 1680 to 1681: Nine figures of classical deities and lovers made of sandstone on the Great Cascade in the Great Garden of Hanover-Herrenhausen; "[...] probably 1680/81 by JA Villers"

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. , Vol. 20, Munich: Verlag by EA Fleischmann, 1850, p. 271; online through google books
  2. ↑ Compare the year book of the Bernisches Historisches Museum , Vol. 49–50, 1970; Preview over google books
  3. ↑ a b c The art monuments of the state of Schleswig-Holstein: The city of Schleswig , Vol. 2: The cathedral and the former cathedral district , Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1966, p. 520f.
  4. ↑ a b Johann Rudolf Füssli , Johann Heinrich Füssli : General Artist Lexicon, or: Brief message about the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, art cutters, steel cutters & c. & c. In addition to the attached lists of teachers and students, including portraits, of the artists contained in this encyclopedia , Vol. 10, Zurich: Orell, Füßli & Compagnie, 1814, p. 3039; online through google books
  5. ^ A b Eva Benz-Rababah : Large garden. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 230-235.
  6. ^ Villers, Jean Arnaud in the database of Niedersächsische Personen (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek , last accessed on August 30, 2016
  7. ↑ a b Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Herrenhausen Gardens. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek (Ed.): Hannover. Art and Culture Lexicon , new edition, 4th, updated and expanded edition, Springe: zu Klampen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 , pp. 134–144; here: p. 142
  8. ↑ a b Georg Troescher : Art and artist migrations in Central Europe, 800 - 1800 , Vol. 2: French and Dutch art and artists in the art of Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland , Baden-Baden: Verlag für Kunst und Wissenschaft, 1954, P. 174 and others; Preview over google books
  9. ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  10. ↑ a b Peter Godzik : The Schleswig Cathedral and its (building and furnishing) history , [o. D.], p. 6; downloadable as a PDF document from the private website pkgodzik.de , last accessed on August 30, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Villers, Jean Arnaud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Villers, Jean-Arnaud (full name); Villers, Jean Arnaud d '; Villers, Joh. Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French builder and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1681