Johann Eckard Löffler

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Johann Eckard Löffler (* in Treysa , Hessen-Nassau ; † after 1680 in Cologne ; also Johann Eckhard Löffler , Joes Eckart Löffler and "Joan Eckart Löffler") was a German engraver and etcher .

After his younger brother, the engraver Johann Heinrich Löffler (* around 1615; † after 1683) called his works "Löffler junior" to distinguish them, Johann Eckard is also called "the elder". He himself signed his pictures with “JEL” or “IEL”, “EL” and “L” or “Löffler senior” or “Joes Eckart Löffler fecit” or “Joan Eckart Löffler fecit”. His activity in Cologne began in 1630 and lasted until 1675.

Works

Several emblematic views from the Thesaurus philopoliticus, such as the Ronneburg near Büdingen and Bartenstein Castle in Lower Franconia.

Bartenstein Castle near Partenstein in the Spessart

Thesaurus philopoliticus

Johann Eckard Löffler worked, among other things, in Frankfurt am Main for Eberhard Kieser , who ran a publishing business there, in which, together with Daniel Meisner , he published a collection of copperplate engravings with city views from the then known world under the title Thesaurus philopoliticus , German title Politisches Treasure chest .

Flores Seraphici

In the years 1640 and 1642 the two volumes "Flores Seraphici" were created with 723 legendary biographies of Capuchins who lived between around 1525 and 1612. The biographies were written by the Capuchin Charles d'Arenberg (* 1593; † 1669), a son of the Prince of Arenberg and Saint-Empire, Charles de Ligne on the basis of the "Annales Ordinis Minorum Capucinorum" by Boverius (Lyon, 1632). The more than 180 full-page copper engravings, on which, among other things, described miracles are depicted, are considered the most extensive work of the brothers Johann Heinrich and Johann Eckard Löffler. The illustrations were designed by Johannes Schot (also Schott) from Friedberg in Hesse.

Title page: Flores Seraphici (1640)

literature

  • Johann Jakob Merlo: News from the life and works of Cologne artists , p. 260 online excerpt

Web links

Commons : Johann Eckard Löffler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ last known activity in Cologne; see web link
  2. ↑ Both spellings "Eckard" and "Eckhard" are common and were used by himself in his work signatures
  3. ↑ see literature Johann Jakob Merlo: Messages from the life and works of Cologne artists
  4. ↑ see web link Two masters in their field
personal data
SURNAME Löffler, Johann Eckard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löffler the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Treysa , Hessen-Nassau
DATE OF DEATH after 1680