Johann Joseph Langenhöffel

Diana with a child surrounded by nymphs

Johann Joseph Friedrich Langenhöffel (* 1750 in Düsseldorf , † December 31, 1807 in Vienna ) was a German painter and draftsman , etcher and engraver .

Life

After his training at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf with Lambert Krahe , Langenhöffel specialized in etching Italian masterpieces. He later worked for Prince William V of Orange in The Hague . From 1782 he was the court painter of the Palatinate-Bavarian court in Mannheim . At least from 1795 to 1799 he worked for the Chalkographische Gesellschaft zu Dessau and was its technical director. Most recently, he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as its director .

Works (selection)

Auguste Wilhelmine, first wife of King Max I of Bavaria

• Friedrich Carl von Moser, Johann Joseph Langenhöffel, Aegid Verhelst , Christian Friedrich Schwan: Fables with a copper plate . Schwan, Mannheim 1786, cover image ( uni-goettingen.de ).
• Studies for academic draftsmen. Publishing house of the Chalcographische Gesellschaft zu Dessau 1799 and at Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar 1800; 2nd edition Weimar 1810. - The studies for academic draftsmen are drawn from classic originals and edited in Crayon style.
• List of the most distinguished artificial words for the benefit of aspiring and some non-aspiring painters: compiled from various languages ​​by Johann Joseph Langenhöffel . Wallishausser, Vienna 1803 ( books.google.de ).

literature

• Langenhöffel, Johann Joseph . In: Friedrich Müller (ed.): The artists of all times and peoples or the life and works of the most famous builders, sculptors, painters…. Continued by K. Klunzinger. tape 2 : F-L . Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1860, p. 552 ( books.google.de ).
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Langenhöffel, Johann Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 107 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Karl Weiß:  Langenhöffel, Johann Josef . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 670.
• Friedrich Schaarschmidt : On the history of Düsseldorf art; especially in the XIX. Century . Ed .: Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia. Self-published, Düsseldorf 1902, p. 24 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Langenhöffel, Johann Joseph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 333-334 .
• Maren Gröning, Marie Luise Sternath: The German and Swiss drawings of the late 18th century . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 1997, ISBN 978-3-205-98739-0 , p. 135 ( books.google.de ).

Web links

Commons : Johann Joseph Langenhöffel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Most sources name 1807 as the year of his death, others the year 1805, in which he is said to have drowned in the Danube .
2. ^ Letter to the Nuremberg art dealer Johann Friedrich Frauenholz (1758–1822) from 1795 ( landesarchiv-bw.de ).