Johann Heinrich Wedekind
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Portrait of Peter II .
Johann Heinrich Wedekind (* 15. August 1674 in Reval (now Tallinn ), † 8. October 1736 ) was an in Sweden and later in the courtyard of the Great Peters acting German portraitist and copyist .
Life
Wedekind received his training from Ernst Wilhelm Londicer . In 1698 he tried to get a job as a painter at the Swedish court, moved a year later to Lübeck and in 1700 to Reval, where he married. Until 1719 he worked as a painter mainly in Sweden and achieved fame as a portraitist of King Charles XII. , high military officials and well-known public figures. After a stopover in Narva , he was called to Saint Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great in 1725 . From 1732 he served as a drawing teacher in the cadet corps.
literature
- Johann Heinrich Wedekind . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 239 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedekind, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait painter in Sweden and Russia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1674 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1736 |