Johann Christian Ruprecht

Johann Christian Ruprecht (also Johann Christian Rupert or Kristian Ruprecht ; * around 1600 in Mühlhausen / Thuringia ; † around 1666 ) was a German painter .

He came to Nuremberg as a painter's journeyman in 1633 at the latest . In 1634 he became a master craftsman, in 1635 he became a citizen of Nuremberg. He married Susanna Jonabach in 1633 and after her death in 1641 worked for some time in Vienna, where he became court painter to Emperor Ferdinand III. was appointed. In 1644 he was back in Nuremberg, where Georg Pretting became his apprentice. In 1645 he married Helena Brandmayer. In 1651/52 he worked again in Vienna. In August 1652 he returned to Nuremberg, where Daniel Preißler became his journeyman. In June 1658 he was involved in setting up a theater performance at the Egidiengymnasium in Nuremberg .

He copied several works by Albrecht Dürer that were in Vienna , such as The Martyrdom of Ten Thousand Christians in 1653 and the All Saints' Day in 1654 , both today in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna , and Mary with the pear slices , today in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig . He painted a panel of the raising of Lazarus for the Lorenz Church in Nuremberg .

The exact date and place of his death are not known, he was formerly buried in family grave no. 365 at the Johannisfriedhof in Nuremberg, his epitaph has not been preserved.

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 14, EA Fleischmann, Munich 1845, p. 69 ( digitized version ).
Georg Kaspar Nagler: The monogramists . Volume 2, Franz, Munich 1860, pp. 99-100 ( digitized version ).
Ruprecht (Rupert), Christian (Johann Chr.) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 29 : Rosa – Scheffauer . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1935, p. 215 .
Andreas Tacke (Ed.): "The Mahler Order and Customs in Nürmberg". The Nuremberg painter (guild) books supplemented by further sources, genealogies and vitae from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-422-06343-9 , p. 287. 556. Family table 15.
Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century. Volume 3. KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8 , p. 1289 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

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Remarks

↑ The statement to be found in older literature that he died in Vienna in 1654 is incorrect.
↑ Andreas Tacke, Ursula Timann: Real Nürnberger? Immigrant artists as painters' apprentices, journeymen or masters . In: From near and far. Immigrants to the imperial city of Nuremberg . Accompanying volume to the exhibition of the same name in the Fembohaus City Museum from March 29 to August 10, 2014. Imhoff, Petersberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86568-998-6 , p. 53.
^ Johann Klaj : wedding poem for Johann Christian Ruprecht and Helena Brandmayer . Endter, Nuremberg 1645.
^ Friedrich von Hagen, Andreas Tacke: Preis (s) ler, Nuremberg painter and publisher family. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 689 ( digitized version ).
^ Markus Paul: Imperial City and Drama. Theatrical art in 17th century Nuremberg . Niemeyer, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-484-36569-2 , p. 234.
^ Martyrdom of the tens of thousands of Christians from Ruprecht to Dürer on the website of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna; Signature Ad imitationem düreri fecit Joan: / Kristian Ruprecht Civis Norimb: (ergus) Ano / 1653 .
^ All Saints picture by Ruprecht after Dürer on the website of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna; Signature AD.IMITAT.E.IOH.CHRIST. / IAN.RUPERT.CIV.NORIB. / AN.DN.MDCLIV .

personal data
SURNAME	Ruprecht, Johann Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ruprecht, Johann Kristian; Rupert, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mühlhausen / Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH	around 1666

[1] The statement to be found in older literature that he died in Vienna in 1654 is incorrect.

[2] Andreas Tacke, Ursula Timann: Real Nürnberger? Immigrant artists as painters' apprentices, journeymen or masters . In: From near and far. Immigrants to the imperial city of Nuremberg . Accompanying volume to the exhibition of the same name in the Fembohaus City Museum from March 29 to August 10, 2014. Imhoff, Petersberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86568-998-6 , p. 53.

[3] Johann Klaj : wedding poem for Johann Christian Ruprecht and Helena Brandmayer . Endter, Nuremberg 1645.

[4] Friedrich von Hagen, Andreas Tacke: Preis (s) ler, Nuremberg painter and publisher family. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 689 ( digitized version ).

[5] Markus Paul: Imperial City and Drama. Theatrical art in 17th century Nuremberg . Niemeyer, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-484-36569-2 , p. 234.

[6] Martyrdom of the tens of thousands of Christians from Ruprecht to Dürer on the website of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna; Signature Ad imitationem düreri fecit Joan: / Kristian Ruprecht Civis Norimb: (ergus) Ano / 1653 .

[7] All Saints picture by Ruprecht after Dürer on the website of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna; Signature AD.IMITAT.E.IOH.CHRIST. / IAN.RUPERT.CIV.NORIB. / AN.DN.MDCLIV .