Johann Kupetzky

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Self-portrait at the easel , 1709, Belvedere , Vienna
Self-portrait with daughter (1713)
Self-portrait with son Christian Johann Friedrich, around 1725/30

Jan Kupecký , also Johann Kupecky , Kupezky or Czech January Kupecký (* probably in 1667 in Bazin / Bösing, Kingdom of Hungary , today Pezinok , Slovakia, † 16th July 1740 in Nuremberg ) was a Bohemian portrait painter of the Baroque .

Life

Kupetzky came from a deeply religious weaver family . His parents belonged to the Bohemian Brothers , who fled to the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia ) because of their beliefs . Kupetzky grew up there and also received his first artistic lessons. In the spring of 1682, Kupetzky went to Switzerland to study painting in Lucerne . A few years later he studied at the Vienna Academy . Supported by his teachers there, Kupetzky went on a study trip to Italy around 1685. In Rome he worked as a freelance painter for over 22 years. In addition to historical and landscape paintings , his artistic work from these years also included many portraits , for which he would later become well known.

Around 1708/09 , after an appointment by Prince Adam of Liechtenstein , Kupetzky returned to Austria and settled in Vienna . His portraits soon made him a favorite of Emperors Leopold I and Joseph I and thus of the entire Viennese nobility . This called Neider on the scene, whereby Kupetzky was easily attackable through his denomination. Challenges about his belief finally drove Kupetzky from Vienna in 1723 and he settled in Nuremberg.

The portraits that Kupetzky had created and in which his high painterly ability and the psychological understanding of the portrayed personality are combined, became famous not least for their reproductions in printmaking .

After his death, Kupetzky was said to have been a member of the secret society " Wolfsorden ", but this was never proven.

In Vienna, where he had lived for a long time, Kupetzkygasse was named after the artist in 1953 .

student

Numerous draperies in the works of Johann Kupetzky come from the hand of Gabriel Müller , nicknamed Kupetzky-Müller, who was considered to be Kupetzky's best student. Other students were Joh. Andreas Brendel, Samuel Gottlieb Hanrich, Johann Noah von Bemmel, Franz Ignaz Roth and Conrad Mannlich .

meaning

Kupetzky was one of the best portraitists of his time. Kupetzky could not follow his example Rembrandt in everything. Its coloring looks a bit heavy today, but it was entirely in keeping with the fashion of the time. His extensive life's work is estimated at around 15,000 pictures.

Works (selection)

  • Self-portrait at the easel (Vienna, Belvedere , inv.no.4939), 1709, oil on canvas, 94 × 75 cm
  • The miniature painter Karl Ferdinand Bruni ( Prague , Národnì Gallery , inv. No. O 2727), 1709, oil on canvas, 165 × 127 cm
  • Die Schöne Polin ( Braunschweig , Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum ), around 1710, oil on canvas, 95 × 76 cm
  • Self-portrait ( Berlin , Grunewald Hunting Lodge ), around 1710, oil on canvas 95 × 75 cm
  • Franziska Wussin (Prague, Národnì Gallery), 1716, oil on canvas, 87 × 67 cm
  • Portrait of Prince Eugene of Savoy , around 1717, oil on canvas, 120 × 95 cm, (Vienna, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum )
  • Portrait of the artist with his wife and son ( Budapest , Szépművészeti Múzeum , inv.no.3922), 1718/19, oil on canvas, 113 × 91.2 cm
  • Portrait of Adam Philipp Losy von Losinthal ( Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , Inv. No. GG-169) 1723, oil on canvas
  • Portrait of a pensive man (Kooperativa Collection, Wiener Städtische Versicherung ), around 1730, oil on canvas, 80 × 100 cm
  • Portrait of a Man with a Book (Kooperativa Collection, Wiener Städtische Versicherung), around 1735, oil on canvas, 92 × 74 cm
  • Portrait of a gentleman (Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere), oil on canvas, 96 × 76 cm
  • Self-portrait ( Florence , Uffizi Gallery ), oil on canvas, 112 × 92 cm
  • Portrait of the Leipzig painter David Hoyer (The Lute Player) , (Maximilian Speck von Sternburg Foundation in the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig , inv.no.1697), 1711/12, oil on canvas, 84 × 69.5 cm, unmarked.
  • Bust of Kopetzky, painted by himself.
  • Portrait of his son Wilhelm, half-length, playing on a violin.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Ed.): Prinz Eugen von Savoyen 1663-1736. Exhibition for the 300th birthday October 9 to December 31, 1963 , Vienna 1963, p. 238 f.
  2. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers , etc. , Vol. 7. EA Fleischmann, Munich, p. 216 about google books
  3. ↑ Johann Christoph Allmayer-Beck : The Army History Museum Vienna. Hall I - From the beginnings of the standing army to the end of the 17th century , Salzburg 1982 p. 32
  4. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher: The Heeresgeschichtliche Museum in Vienna . Verlag Styria , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-222-12834-0 , p. 8.
  5. ↑ on sternburg-stiftung.de , accessed on June 27, 2016
  6. ↑ DIRECTORY OF THE v.DERSCHAUISCHE Kunstkabinett zu NÜRNBERG .... Nuremberg, at the obliged auctioneer Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 15
personal data
SURNAME Kupetzky, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kupezky, Johann; Kupecky, Johann; Kopetzki, Johann; Kupecký, Ján
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech and Slovak painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH Pezinok
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1740
Place of death Nuremberg