Johann Joseph Freidhoff

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Johann Joseph Freidhoff (born February 12, 1768 in Heggen , † March 14, 1818 in Berlin ) was a German draftsman , engraver and mezzotint artist . He also worked under the name Freidhof, Johann Joseph; Freidhoff, Johann Jakob and Freithoff, Joseph.

Life

Baron Schade zu Ahausen made it possible for Freithoff to attend the Ordens-Gymnasium der Franziskaner (OFM) in Attendorn , the Gymnasium Laurentianum der Premonstratensians in Arnsberg and finally the University in Bonn . He then took up a position as a secretary at the Kurkölnischen Landzollkommissariat in Uerdingen .

In 1791 he was able to begin an apprenticeship as a copper engraver with Johann Gerhard Huck (1759–1811) in Düsseldorf . In 1794 he engraved his first leaves for Count Friedrich Moritz von Brabeck in Hildesheim , including the “Wasserfall” after Jacob Izaaksoon van Ruisdael . In 1795 he moved to Dessau and worked for the newly founded Chalkographic Society until 1798 . Then he founded his own company in Berlin, but was also active as an art dealer and professor of copper mezzotint. He traveled to the Netherlands, France and Italy and stayed in Rome in 1816/17 (→ German Romans ). From 1804 until his death in 1818 he was a full member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts in Berlin . In 1807 he became an external honorary member of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam .

Works

Johann Joseph Freidhoff: Luise von Anhalt-Dessau (1750–1811), mezzotint sheet after a painting by Angelika Kauffmann
The waterfall to Ruisdael

His reproductions based on works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael and Ruisdael became particularly well known. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote about him: “To spread the beautiful ideas of great artists and thereby affect the taste of the whole nation or several nations, I call Johann Joseph Freidhof. Freidhof's leaves in black art are delicate, hard-working, lovely in their power and effect. He has proven to be a good artist and deserves a lot of praise. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ quoted from: Magdalena Padberg: Finnentrop. A municipality in the Sauerland . Strobel, Arnsberg 1989, ISBN 3-87793-026-3 , p. 79.

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SURNAME Freidhoff, Johann Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freidhof, Johann Joseph; Freidhoff, Johann Jakob; Freithoff, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, engraver and mezzotint artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1768
PLACE OF BIRTH Heggen
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1818
Place of death Berlin