John Aquila

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Self-portrait with saber and shield

Johannes Aquila , also Johannes Aquila de Radkersburgensis , (* 14th century; † 15th century) was a painter and manager of a painter's workshop and probably also a builder and architect.

Life

Dates of birth and death of the end of the 14th century and John Aquila, who was active in the beginning of the 15th century, are not known. He portrayed himself in his works and signed his works, with which he already appeared as a self-confident artist in the Middle Ages. It is possible that these are the oldest surviving self-portraits in Europe. The signature Johannes Aquila de Rakersburga oriundus can be seen in the parish church of St. Martin in Martjanci. John Aquila showed his education with inscriptions in impeccable Latin. His painting and architectural elements show many influences from Italy, Tyrol, Vienna and Bohemia, which is why it is assumed that Johannes Aquila got inspiration and further training from wandering artists and thus kept himself up to date.

Works

Austria

Slovenia

  • Architecture with painting of his workshop of the parish church of St. Martin in Martjanci (approx. 14 km from Bad Radkersburg)
  • Architecture with frescoes in the parish church of the Assumption of Mary in Turnišče (approx. 28 km from Bad Radkersburg)

Hungary

  • around 1377/1378 frescoes / paintings in the parish church of the Holy Trinity in Velemér (approx. 57 km from Bad Radkersburg)

literature

  • Marosi Ernő (editor): Johannes Aquila and the wall painting of the 14th century. Text in German and Hungarian, contributions from the conference from October 15-20, 1984 in Velem, documents from the collections of the National Monuments Office, organized by the Institute for Art History of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana and the Institute for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, MTA Művészerttörténeti Kutató Csoport, Budapest 1989, ISBN 963-7381-39-2 .
  • Janez Höfler, Janez Balažic (text); Marjan Smerke (photos); Andrea Zemljič (translation): Johannes Aquila. German and Slovenian, Pomurska Založba, Murska Sobota 1992, ISBN 96-7195-018-2 .
  • Daniel Spanke: The oldest self-portraits in Europe? On the significance of the paintings by Johannes Aquilas von Radkersburg in Velemér (1378) and Martjanci (1392) for an early history of the portrait . In: Zbornik za umetnostno zgodovino [Journal for Art History] , NS 34, Ljubljana 1998, pp. 114–159 (in Slovenian and German).
  • Johannes Aquila de Radkersburgensis. Pp. 33-35. In the footsteps of John Aquila. Pp. 36-39. In: Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Beatrix Vreča: Bad Radkersburg. City and region. Tourist association Bad Radkersburg and Radkersburg surroundings, Bad Radkersburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01642-2 .

Web links

Commons : Janez Aquila  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Spanke: The oldest self-portraits in Europe? On the significance of the paintings by Johannes Aquilas von Radkersburg in Velemér (1378) and Martjanci (1392) for an early history of the portrait . In: Zbornik za umetnostno zgodovino . NS 34. Ljubljana 1993, p. 114-159 .
personal data
SURNAME Aquila, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aquila de Radkersburgensis, Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Painter and manager of a painting workshop and probably also a builder and architect
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century