Johann Anton de Peters

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Self-portrait at the easel

Johann Anton de Peters (born January 16, 1725 in Cologne , † October 6, 1795 ibid) was a German painter , draftsman and etcher of the Rococo in Cologne and Paris .

The happy mother (watercolor Z 1043) The watercolor shows a young reading mother in simple proportions. However, the elegant clothes of the boy in the foreground suggest that the picture was originally created in a different setting.

Life

Johann Anton de Peters was born as the son of the scribe and miniature painter Wilhelm Anton Peters, from whom he also learned painting. From 1756 de Peters's stay in Paris is documented, where he became a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc . Peters was ennobled through contacts with the court, first documented in 1764 by entries in the journal of the engraver JG Wille . De Peters married the miniature painter Elisabeth Gouel de Villebrun in Paris . From 1768 de Peters called himself court painter Christian VII , the King of Denmark, from whom he received the commission for four miniature portraits during a trip abroad in Paris. During this time, de Peters was also active as a collector and dealer of art and publisher of music.

The French Revolution brought the end of a well-off life for de Peters, he became impoverished and finally returned to his hometown Cologne in 1791. Since de Peters only received a few orders from his patron Ferdinand Franz Wallraf , among others , he died in poverty.

Works

Homage to Gluck (oil on canvas WRM 1080)
The picture gives an insight into the cultivation of court music, on the right the inconspicuous bust of Gluck

Knowledge of de Peters' work is based primarily on the holdings of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne , since Wallraf acquired the entire estate. Many works that are proven by engravings are considered lost. In addition to a few paintings and miniatures, mainly drawings and graphics have been preserved. Part of this extensive collection of more than 680 drawings made in Paris will be presented in the summer of 2012 in the Graphisches Kabinett of the Cologne Museum. The special exhibition was developed under the direction of the Berlin art historian Gerrit Walczak with students from the Art History Institute of the University of Cologne.

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Johann Anton de Peters: A Cologne painter of the 18th century in Paris (exhibition catalog Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne 1981)

literature

  • Helmut May (author), August Kreyenkamp (photos): Anton de Peters. A Rococo draftsman from Cologne , Prestel-Verlag, Munich 1942. (with 4 color plates and 64 monochrome illustrations)

Web links

Commons : Johann Anton de Peters  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wallraf.museum/index.php?id=351 Homepage Wallraf-Richartz-Museums & Fondation Corboud
personal data
SURNAME Peters, Johann Anton de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Rococo painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1725
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1795
Place of death Cologne