Johann Gerhard Huck

Johann Gerhard Huck
(self-portrait from 1800)

Johann Gerhard Huck, engraved with mezzotint , by Joseph Fratrel

Johann Gerhard Huck (also: Huch baptized January 25, 1758 in Düsseldorf ; † August 16, 1811 in Hanover ) was a German court - engraver , graphic artist and etcher , draftsman and painter .

Life

Huck, son of the art dealer Johann Gottfried Huck, initially worked at the Düsseldorf Art Academy (" Galerie zu Düsseldorf "), then went to London in 1782 to be trained in mezzotint by the famous copper engraver Valentine Green (1739-1813) .

From 1784 to 1786, Huck exhibited drawings and paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts .

In 1788 Huck returned to Germany, where from 1789 he supervised the production of the painting copies in the Düsseldorf court gallery. In 1792 he engraved three sheets on the occasion of the golden wedding anniversary and the accession of elector Karl Theodor .

In 1796, Huck settled in Hanover and founded there in 1800, according to the Hanover address book for 1801, under the name Huch in Steinweg in Calenberger Neustadt or under the name "IG Huck" in Calenberger Strasse at number 231 or an art academy .

In addition, Huck worked as curator of the painting collection of Count Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1736–1811). After 1796 he was court copper engraver in Hanover. He also worked temporarily for the Chalkographische Gesellschaft zu Dessau .

One of his students in Düsseldorf was Johann Joseph Freidhoff (1768–1818), in Hanover around 1805 Adelheid Braun , b. von Cychansky (1777-1836).

Works

with Valentine Green : Acta historica reginarum Angliae , twelve original drawings executed by JG Huck and engraved by V. Green, with an historical account in English and French, 1792
Copper engravings: Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer after Anton Graff, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock after Anton Hickel , Charles James Fox after Anton Hickel and William Pitt
Self-portrait in the British Museum.
The following portraits of: Justus Moeser , Mauriz von Brabeck after Anton Graff, Carl Archduke von Oestereich , Franz Freiherr von Fürstenberg , Maria Elisabeth von der Pfalz , Rud. Georg Wilh. von Hammerstein , Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost , Franz Leopold Goffaux after Anton Zeller , Luise (Friederike Henriette) von Hertefeld, Wilhelm Olbers after a painting by CA Schwartz
George Marsh (1722–1800) Commissioner of the Navy; Portrait as a chalk drawing, dated 1790
A collection of fifty etchings after Raphael, Julio Romano, Guido, Parmigiano, Domenichino, Albert Dürer, Paul Veronese, Palma, Annibal and Ludovico Carachii, Guerchino, N. Poussin, F. Mola, Franceschini, Joseph Passeri, Passinelli, Cavedone, P . Da Cortona, Caro Cignani, Carlo Maratti & c & c executed by Huck, Selcke, and Billinger, after the original drawings in the collection of the Elector Palatine, Duke of Bavaria, etc. at Dusseldorff , London, John & Josias Boydell, 1787, 50 etching plates [Second edition: London, HR Young, 1819].

literature

Huck, Johann Gerhard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 30-31 .

Web links

Commons : Johann Gerhard Huck - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library

Remarks

↑ There are different data. According to Georg Kaspar Nagler's artist lexicon, Huck was born in Düsseldorf in 1840.
Huck, Johann Gerhard . 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 2 : Gaab – Lezla . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 212 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - year of birth 1748 and place of birth as "near Hanover"). Huck, Johann Gerhard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape
18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 30 ("born around 1759 in Düsseldorf or in Westphalia"). However, the baptism date given in the festive gift for Karl Koetschau is taken from the baptismal register of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Düsseldorf, while Thieme-Becker relied on the death register of the church in Hanover for the date of death on August 16, 1811 .

Individual evidence

↑ oV: : Huck, Johann Gerhard in the database Niedersächsische people (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxon State Library (GWLB) [no date], retrieved on December 22 of 2019.

^ ^A ^b Johann Thomas Lamminger : Hannoversches Adress-Buch for the year 1801. P. 79 ( dfg-viewer.de ).

↑ Paul Clemen et al. : Karl Koetschau. Contributions to the history of art, culture and literature. From his friends and admirers on his 60th birthday on March 27, 1928. Festival ceremony for Karl Koetschau. Verlag des Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1928, pp. 131–132; limited preview in Google Book search

^ Burchard Christian von Spilcker : Historical-topographical-statistical description of the royal residence city of Hanover. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1819, p. 583 ( books.google.de ).

↑ Thomas W. Gaethgens, Louis Marchesano: Display and Art History: The Gallery Dusseldorf and Its Catalog . Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2011, ISBN 978-1-60606-092-6 , p. 78 ( books.google.de ).

↑ ^a ^b ^c Johann Gerhard Huck . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 5 : Hitz – Kozub . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094653-X , p. 174 ( books.google.de - excerpt).

↑ ^a ^b Handbook for painting collectors and those who visit picture galleries / or Lexicon of painters and painting. Containing the history of this art and its individual branches…. After Sulzer, Pernety, Walpole ... and other proven writers. Quedlinburg, Leipzig: Gottfried Basse, 1824, p. 8 ( books.google.de ).

^ Hannoversches address book for the year 1804. P. 59 ( dfg-viewer.de ).

↑ Biography of Adelheid Braun ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
↑ ^a ^b Figure online in the digital portrait index .
^ Johann Smidt (ed.): Hanseatische Magazin. 1st volume, 2nd issue Friedrich Wilmans, Bremen 1799; Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer in: XII. Art display. P. 335 ff., ( Uni-bremen.de ).
^ British Museum: Johann Gerhard Huck, copper engraver.
↑ Jeremy James Heath-Caldwell: Portrait of George Marsh (1722-1800) Drawn by the artist Johann Gerhard Huck on the private page jjhc.info [ undated ], last accessed on December 22, 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Huck, Johann Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Huch, Johann Gerhard; Huck, Johann Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, draftsman, graphic artist, etcher and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized January 25, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	August 16, 1811
Place of death	Hanover

[4] There are different data. According to Georg Kaspar Nagler's artist lexicon, Huck was born in Düsseldorf in 1840.
Huck, Johann Gerhard . 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 2 : Gaab – Lezla . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 212 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - year of birth 1748 and place of birth as "near Hanover"). Huck, Johann Gerhard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape
18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 30 ("born around 1759 in Düsseldorf or in Westphalia"). However, the baptism date given in the festive gift for Karl Koetschau is taken from the baptismal register of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Düsseldorf, while Thieme-Becker relied on the death register of the church in Hanover for the date of death on August 16, 1811 .

[1] V: : Huck, Johann Gerhard in the database Niedersächsische people (new entry required) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxon State Library (GWLB) [no date], retrieved on December 22 of 2019.

[HAB_1801-2] A ^b Johann Thomas Lamminger : Hannoversches Adress-Buch for the year 1801. P. 79 ( dfg-viewer.de ).

[3] Paul Clemen et al. : Karl Koetschau. Contributions to the history of art, culture and literature. From his friends and admirers on his 60th birthday on March 27, 1928. Festival ceremony for Karl Koetschau. Verlag des Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1928, pp. 131–132; limited preview in Google Book search

[5] Burchard Christian von Spilcker : Historical-topographical-statistical description of the royal residence city of Hanover. Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1819, p. 583 ( books.google.de ).

[6] Thomas W. Gaethgens, Louis Marchesano: Display and Art History: The Gallery Dusseldorf and Its Catalog . Getty Publications, Los Angeles 2011, ISBN 978-1-60606-092-6 , p. 78 ( books.google.de ).

[DBE_2-7] Johann Gerhard Huck . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 5 : Hitz – Kozub . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094653-X , p. 174 ( books.google.de - excerpt).

[Handbuch-8] Handbook for painting collectors and those who visit picture galleries / or Lexicon of painters and painting. Containing the history of this art and its individual branches…. After Sulzer, Pernety, Walpole ... and other proven writers. Quedlinburg, Leipzig: Gottfried Basse, 1824, p. 8 ( books.google.de ).

[9] Hannoversches address book for the year 1804. P. 59 ( dfg-viewer.de ).