Joseph Kovátsch

Study of His Majesty Emperor Franz I of Austria

Joseph Kovátsch (born April 22, 1799 in Vienna ; † June 7, 1839 in St. Veit , today in Vienna- Hietzing ) was an Austrian engraver .

Kovátsch was born the son of a surgeon. From 1815 to 1822 he studied at the Vienna Art Academy in the engraving class with Franz Xaver Stöber .

Kovátsch worked as a reproduction engraver from 1822. He created u. a. Copper engravings based on the watercolor copies of the masterpieces from the Belvedere Gallery in Belvedere Palace, made by Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger .

He created book illustrations for various publishers, as well as copperplate engravings based on the works of baroque and contemporary painters, as well as based on his own templates. From 1828 he also dealt with the art of steel engraving .

He showed his works in the years 1824, 1826, 1828, 1834 and 1836 at the Vienna Academy in Sankt Annahof .

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler New general artist lexicon or news from the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Volume 7, EA Fleischmann, Munich 1839, p. 145 ( Digitized ).
Constantin von Wurzbach : Kovatsch, Joseph (I.) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 13th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1865, p. 67 f. ( Digitized version ).
Kovátsch, Joseph . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 362 .
Heinz Schöny: Kovátsch, Joseph. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 170.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Ober St. Veit's death register, tom. V, fol. 131 ( facsimile ); Robert Hanzlik: Kóvács (Kovátsch), Joseph , in: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, accessed: July 21, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Kovátsch, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kovács, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1839
Place of death	St. Veit , today in Vienna - Hietzing

[1] Ober St. Veit's death register, tom. V, fol. 131 ( facsimile ); Robert Hanzlik: Kóvács (Kovátsch), Joseph , in: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, accessed: July 21, 2020.