Johann Nepomuk Würth

Johann Nepomuk Würth (also: Wirt und Wirth * April 6, 1753 in Vienna ; † November 27, 1811 ibid) was an Austrian embossing ( wax ), engraver and medalist .

Life

Würth was the son of gold and silver worker Franz Caspar Würth and brother of Franz Xaver and Ignaz Würth . On February 4, 1769 he is attested as an "engraver scholar". From 1770 to 1771 he trained as a wax boss at the École des beaux-arts in Paris . As a pensioner of the Empress Maria Theresa, he also studied in Rome and London , where he exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1777 . From 1778 he worked at the main mint in Vienna, first as the successor to AF Widemann as a coin and medal engraver, from 1778 as a chamber medalist, since 1791 as a chief engraver, in 1798 he received the title of art school director, in 1801 the title of mountain councilor.

Works (selection)

1782: Medal for the constitution of the assembly of estates in Galicia and Lodomeria with the Roman-German Emperor Joseph II.
1782: Medal on the death of Pietro Metastasio Staatliche Münzsammlung München
1785: Gold medal in gold for Emperor Joseph II in the pose of a Roman emperor with a laurel wreath
Bronze medal with the bust of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria , with Würth's signature on the front

Medal Joseph II, 1782
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Pietro Metastasio, 1782
Joseph II, 1785

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Volume 22: Witsen – Zyx. CA Fleichmann, Munich 1835, pp. 124–125 ( uni-weimar.de ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Wirth, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 57th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1889, p. 119 ( digitized version ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Würth, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1889, p. 230 ( digital copy ).
Würth, Johann Nepomuk . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 297 .
Ferdinand Dahl: Catalog for the exhibition Art Medals - Medal Art. Part 3 (= Der Steckenreiter. Ancillary hours dedicated to the pleasure of coins. A coin post from the Numismatic Society of Bonner Münzfreunde eV , volume 93). Numismatic Society Bonner Münzfreunde, Bonn 2014, p. 13 (with images, smb.museum PDF).

Web links

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

Würth, Johann Nepomuk deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Constantin von Wurzbach : Würth, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1889, p. 230 ( digital copy ).
↑ L. Forrer: Würth (or host), Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape 6 : T-Z . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1916, p. 567–570 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here, however, 1750 is given as the year of birth).

personal data
SURNAME	Würth, Johann Nepomuk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Host, Johann Nepomuk; Wirth, Johann Nepomuk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian medalist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1753
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 1811
Place of death	Vienna

[BLKÖ-1] A ^b Constantin von Wurzbach : Würth, Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing House, Vienna 1889, p. 230 ( digital copy ).

[2] L. Forrer: Würth (or host), Johann Nepomuk . In: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . tape 6 : T-Z . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1916, p. 567–570 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here, however, 1750 is given as the year of birth).