Johann Philipp Beckmann
Johann Philipp Beckmann (born December 31, 1752 in Hamburg ; † June 28, 1814 there ) was a German lawyer and art collector.
Life
Johann Philipp Beckmann was born on the last day of the year 1752 in Hamburg. He first went to school at the Johanneum and from 1772 to the academic high school . He went to Leiden to study and received his doctorate there in 1777 as Dr. the right one. After completing his studies, he returned to Hamburg and became secretary at the cathedral chapter , now comparable to a manager. He died in 1814 at the age of 61.
The Hamburg-based Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer mentioned the considerable collection of predominantly Chinese paintings in great detail . While his medical and theological library was put up for auction by the broker Johann Jürgen Berndes one year after his death on November 20, 1815, his collection was only put up for sale 10 years after his death in 1824. There was also a sales catalog from the broker Georg Ernst Harzen with a preface by Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer and Peter Friedrich Röding . The art cabinet comprised: 310 items of porcelain, 8 alabaster, 46 soapstone, 82 lacquer finishes, 40 Japanese copper and bronze, 7 works of art of mechanics, 26 woodwork, 45 ivory, 12 mother-of-pearl, 9 shield-shell, 7 silver, 12 optical objects, 20 fireworks, 28 terra cotta, 12 embroidery, 11 drawing apparatus, 60 water paintings (watercolors), 28 oil paintings and 42 glass paintings. Peter Friedrich Röding and Rudolph Sickmann were available for information. Beckmann had a natural history cabinet “not without value”, wrote Hans Schröder. In fact, there was a natural history and art gallery in the house, but it belonged to Dr. (juris) Schultz (Ernst Christoph) .
He was married to Anna Margaretha Schlueter, daughter of Philipp Schlueter and his wife Bernardine, geb. Luynders. The daughter Catharina Amalia Beckmann was married to the Senator Peter Siemsen (1787-1854). The son Philipp Martin Beckmann (born March 29, 1788–1868) went to Leipzig.
As a Freemason, Beckmann was Provincial Grand Master of the English Provincial Lodge of the Lower Saxony District of Hamburg and later the First Grand Master of the Great Lodge in Hamburg.
Portraits
- In 1796 the Austrian painter Martin Ferdinand Quadal , who was working in Hamburg at the time, created portraits of the couple. (Illustration in: Johannes Meyer, Alfred Lichtwark , Hamburger Bildnisse . Meissner, Hamburg 1913, pp. 13-14) ( online , Hamburg State and University Library).
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer : Sketches for a painting of Hamburg . Hamburg, 1801–1802, p. 293 ff., Textarchiv - Internet Archive
- ↑ Allgemeine Anzeiger der Deutschen , Wednesdays, June 23, 1824, Becker, Gotha, p. 1899 (art advertisement), digitized
- ^ Hans Schröder : Lexicon of the Hamburg writers to the present. Volume 1. Hamburg 1851, No. 0221
- ↑ Pilipp Hillebrandt: Paperback for Brothers Freemasons . Joh. Christ. Lud. Tuchtfeldt, Hildesheim, S. 3, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckmann, Johann Philipp |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beckmann, Johannes Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, book and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1814 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |