Johann Wilhelm Windter

Johann Wilhelm Windter (also: Winter ; * around 1696; † 1765 in Nuremberg ) was a German engraver and draftsman .

Life

Johann Wilhelm Windter was a so-called " reproduction artist "; he reproduced unique works by painters and draftsmen such as MF Kleinert , J. Kenkel , P. Decker and others for a larger audience . His works were often portraits of personalities from his Baroque era . His works sometimes bear the monogram "JWW" and were also used in the press in the Age of Enlightenment .

Well-known works (incomplete)

Christophorus Scheurl a Defersdorf in Heuchling ;
Copper engraving by Windter, 1741 after Gabriel Müller

around 1741: Portrait of Christoph Scheurl von Defersdorf in Heuchling after a drawing by Gabriel Müller

literature

Felix Joseph von Lipowsky : Baierisches artist lexicon. Volume 2: From P. to Z. Fleischmann, Munich 1810, p. 173 ( digitized version ).
Windter, Johann Wilhelm . 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. 78 .
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. Volume 21. EA Fleischmann, Munich 1821, p. 541 f . ( Digitized in the Google book search).

Web links

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

Works by and about Johann Wilhelm Windter in the catalog of the German National Library
Munich digitization center : Windter, Johann Wilhelm; 1696-1765; Engraver, draftsman (PND 129271241)
Tripota - Trier portrait database: Depicted person / artist: Windter, Johann Wilhelm
Windter, Johann Wilhelm on europeana .eu

Individual evidence

↑ Munich Digitization Center (see web links )
↑ Tripota - Trier portrait database (see web links )
↑ Joseph Heller: Monogram Lexicon. Containing the known, dubious and unknown characters, as well as the abbreviations used by draftsmen, painters, form cutters, engravers, lithographers, etc. With brief information about them . Sickmüller, Bamberg 1831, p. 238 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Unchanged reprint: M. Sendet, Niederwalluf d. Wiesbaden 1971, ISBN 3-500-23590-5
^ Sabine Doering-Manteuffel (Ed.), Josef Mančal, Wolfgang Wüst: Pressewesen der Aufklerung . Periodical writings in the Old Kingdom (= Colloquia Augustana. Volume 15). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-05-003634-6 , p. 420 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ see this high-resolution scan of the copper engraving by Johann Wilhelm Windter from 1741

personal data
SURNAME	Windter, Johann Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Winter, Johann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1696
DATE OF DEATH	1765
Place of death	Nuremberg

[MDZ-1] Munich Digitization Center (see web links )

[2] Tripota - Trier portrait database (see web links )

[3] Joseph Heller: Monogram Lexicon. Containing the known, dubious and unknown characters, as well as the abbreviations used by draftsmen, painters, form cutters, engravers, lithographers, etc. With brief information about them . Sickmüller, Bamberg 1831, p. 238 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Unchanged reprint: M. Sendet, Niederwalluf d. Wiesbaden 1971, ISBN 3-500-23590-5

[4] Sabine Doering-Manteuffel (Ed.), Josef Mančal, Wolfgang Wüst: Pressewesen der Aufklerung . Periodical writings in the Old Kingdom (= Colloquia Augustana. Volume 15). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-05-003634-6 , p. 420 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[5] see this high-resolution scan of the copper engraving by Johann Wilhelm Windter from 1741