Johann Carl Zierl

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Johann Carl Zierl , also Johann Konrad Zierl , (born March 12, 1679 in Nuremberg , † September 28, 1744 in Weißenburg ) was a German painter under the Ansbach margrave Wilhelm Friedrich . He made numerous portraits of the personalities of the Ansbach margraviate and the imperial city of Weißenburg .

Life

Painting by Johann Alexander Döderlein , painted by Johann Carl Zierl. Imperial city of Weißenburg

Zierl lost the margrave's favor and was held captive at Wülzburg fortress for many years . He then went to Augsburg , where he painted portraits in oil and miniature in the French style. Most recently he moved to Weißenburg, where he died at the age of 65.

After his death, the Zierlweg in Ansbach was named after him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zierl, Johann Carl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 494 .
  2. ^ Karl Bosl (Ed.): Bosls Bavarian Biography. Supplementary volume. 1000 personalities from 15 centuries. Regensburg 1988, p. 876.
  3. ^ Felix Joseph Lipowsky: Baierisches Kuenstler-Lexikon. From P. to Z. Munich 1810, p. 186. ( Digitale-sammlungen.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Zierl, Johann Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zierl, Johann Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter under the Ansbach margrave Wilhelm Friedrich
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1679
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1744
Place of death Weissenburg