Johann Bensheimer

Johann Bensheimer (* mid-17th century in Dresden ; † late 17th century there) was a German draftsman and engraver .

Life

Bensheimer worked in Dresden, Danzig and possibly also in Berlin between 1655 and 1699 . Among other things, he engraved portraits of Saxon electors and usually signed them with I. Bensh.or, by I. B.mistake, he was also referred to as a medalist who J. B.signed with . Later, however, these works were awarded to the mint master and medalist Johann Buchheim (* 1624; † July 5, 1683), who worked for Bishop Karl Ferdinand of Breslau. However, some medals had previously been attributed to Johann Blum .

Works (selection)

Calvaria et via dolorosa passionis DN Iesu Christi Prope Civitatem Weiheropolin in Polonia
Carl XI. King of Sweden
Joh. Finke, court painter to Dresden
Val. V. Winter, Colonel and City Commander of Gdansk
Councilor Christian Schweickert (engraved in copper 1668, after a portrait by Adolf Boy)

literature

General Artist Lexicon (AKL), Vol. 9, 1994.
Bensheimer, Johann . In: Georg Kaspar Nagler (ed.): New general artist lexicon… Volume 1 : A-Boe . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1835, p. 417 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Bensheimer, Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 3 : Bassano – Bickham . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1909, p. 350 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Karl Gebhard: Contributions to the history of the culture of the sciences, arts and trade in Saxony from the 6th to the end of the 17th century . Walthersche Hofbuchhandlung, Dresden 1823, p. 143 ( digitized version in Google book search).

Web links

Engravings by Johann Bensheimer in the Virtual Kupferstichkabinett

Individual evidence

↑ Buchheim, Johann . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 43 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Supplements).
↑ Heinrich Vorteil : Buchheim, Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 177 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Heinrich Bolzenthal (ed.): Sketches on the art history of modern medal work (1429-1840) . Carl Heymann, Berlin 1840, p. 199 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Bensheimer, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bensheim, Johann; Benßheimer, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	17th century or 18th century
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Buchheim, Johann . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 43 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive - Supplements).

[2] Heinrich Vorteil : Buchheim, Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 177 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[3] Heinrich Bolzenthal (ed.): Sketches on the art history of modern medal work (1429-1840) . Carl Heymann, Berlin 1840, p. 199 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).