Johann Heinrich Jacobi

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Johann Heinrich Jacobi (born September 30, 1803 in Hamburg , † December 30, 1859 in Hornheim near Kiel ) was a German painter and lithographer.

Life

Jacobi studied at the Royal Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin before 1841 , after which he worked in Hamburg as a portrait draftsman, painter, miniaturist and lithographer. From around 1841 he lived in Paris to study in Paul Delaroche's studio . Between 1844 and 1857 he took part in the Paris Salon . He died in the Hornheim, an early psychiatric facility, at that time at the gates of Kiel.

Works

  • lith. Portrait of the customs and excise inspector Friedrich Wilhelm Langsdorff (1837)
  • Portrait of the captain of the corps of the night watch Grapengießer [o. D.]
  • Portrait of the paper merchant E. Michaelis [o. D.]
  • Portrait de MF, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1844, No. 955)
  • Portrait de M. Paul Delamotte, docteur en médecine, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1845, No. 866)
  • Enfants s'amusant, whereabouts unknown (Salon 1846, No. 966)
  • Portrait de M. de L., whereabouts unknown (ibid., No. 967)
  • Portrait de M. le docteur W., whereabouts unknown (ibid., No. 968)
  • Portrait de Mlle ..., whereabouts unknown (Salon 1848, No. 2364)
  • Portrait de Mme F ..., whereabouts unknown (ibid., No. 2365)
  • Portrait de MLE, whereabouts unknown (ibid., No. 2366)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Jacobi, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1859
Place of death Hornheim near Kiel