Johann Benedikt Hess the Elder
Johann Benedikt Hess (called the Elder ) (* 1636 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1674 there ) was a German baroque glass cutter .
He was the son of the glass cutter Johann Hess, who immigrated to Frankfurt from Bohemia. Works can be verified by sources for the period from 1669 to 1674. He died at the age of 38. His son Johann Benedikt ( called the younger to distinguish himself ) continued his father's craft and expanded it to include gem tailoring .
literature
- Heinrich Sebastian Hüsgen : News from Franckfurt artists and art things . Frankfurt am Main 1780, pp. 73–74 with catalog raisonné ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Mueller, Karl Klunzinger: The artists of all times and peoples. Volume 2, Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1860, p. 374 ( digitized version ).
- Robert Schmidt: The glass . Berlin, Leipzig 1912. pp. 243-246 ( digitized version ).
- Gustav Edmund Pazaurek : The Frankfurt Glass Cut and the Hess Family . In: Der Kunstwanderer 8, 1926, pp. 95–98, 145–148; 9, 1927, pp. 235-238, 275-279, 317-321.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hess, Johann Benedikt the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hess, Johann Benedict the Elder Ä. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German baroque stone cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1636 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1674 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |