Joseph Heintz the Elder
Joseph Heintz (baptized June 11, 1564 in Basel , † October 15, 1609 in Prague ) was a Swiss painter and architect of the late Renaissance.
Life
Heintz was the son of Daniel Heintz the Elder and completed an apprenticeship as a painter in Basel. Possibly Hans Bock was his teacher. He later appeared in Rome from 1584–89 and in Venice from 1587–88. Emperor Rudolf II made him his court painter in Prague in 1591 . From 1598 to 1609 Heintz lived alternately in Prague and Augsburg . In Augsburg he also worked as an architect for the drafts of the baroque facade of the armory . He was raised to the nobility in 1602 .
In Basel, frescoes on the house for the dance have come down from him. In Rome he first worked as a copyist and gradually turned into a mannerist . His paintings often contain mythological and allegorical , sometimes also religious motifs. About 50 paintings and about 100 hand drawings have been preserved .
His son, Joseph Heintz the Younger (1600–1678), was also a painter who lived in Venice since 1625 at the latest. Mainly Venetian vedutas have survived from him.
Works (excerpt)
- Portrait of King Sigismund III. Vasa of Poland-Lithuania , around 1605, oil on canvas, 147 × 113 cm, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen , Munich
- St. Family, composition of eight figures, among which is an angel.
gallery
Portrait of the Emperor Rudolf II
literature
- Jürgen Zimmer: Joseph Heintz as an architect . In: Elias Holl and the Augsburg City Hall. Munich 1985, pp. 98-118.
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Heintz, Joseph the Elder of . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 663 f.
- Jürgen Zimmer: Heintz, Joseph the Elder from. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 443 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Bußmann , Heinz Schilling : 1648 - War and Peace in Europe. Catalog volume and two text volumes, Münster 1998 [Documentation of the Council of Europe exhibition on the 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Münster and Osnabrück.] Münster / Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-88789-127-9 , p. 45
- ↑ DIRECTORY OF THE v.DERSCHAUISCHE Kunstkabinett zu NÜRNBERG .... Nuremberg, at the obligated auctionator Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 11
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Heintz the Elder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joseph Heintz the Elder. In: arch INFORM .
- Lucas Wüthrich: Heintz, Joseph. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Michael Egli: Heintz, Joseph (the elder, I.). In: Sikart
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Heintz, Joseph the Elder |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heintz, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized June 11, 1564 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1609 |
Place of death | Prague |