Johann Ernst Rentsch (the elder)
Johann Ernst Rentsch , also Johann Ernst Rentzsch († 1723 in Weimar ) was a German painter . His son is the painter Johann Ernst Rentzsch (the Younger) (1693–1767).
Rentsch was court painter to the Weimar Duke Wilhelm Ernst (1662–1728). The painter owes his fame, which continues to this day, to the composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Rentsch is credited with the portrait made around 1715, which is said to show the musician who was also in the service of Duke Wilhelm Ernst from 1708 to 1717 . The painting belongs to the inventory of the Angermuseum Erfurt .
His son Johann Ernst Rentzsch (called the Younger) was born on June 2, 1693 in Weimar. In 1723 he succeeded him as a Weimar court painter. Rentzsch d. J. died in Weimar in 1767. Johann-Ernst-Rentzsch-Strasse in Weimar- Niedergrunstedt is named after the son who painted the wooden barrel vault of the local St. Mauritius Church in 1726/1729. The church, which also served as a motif for the painter Lyonel Feininger , is one of Weimar's sights.
His grave is in the so-called Cranach Crypt on the south side of the Weimar Jakobskirche, where Lucas Cranach the Elder is also located. Ä. and 35 other personalities were buried, including the painters Georg Melchior Kraus , Ferdinand Karl Christian Jagemann and Johann Friedrich Loeber . The tombstones are on the church wall.
Rentsch's grandson was the Saxon court painter and engraver Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774), a son of Rentsch's daughter Johanna Dorothea.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rentsch, Johann Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rentzsch, Johann Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century or 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1723 |
| Place of death | Weimar |