Just Wiedewelt

Just Wiedewelt (relief of his son Johannes for the burial chapel in the Petrikirche)

Bust of Queen Louise

Just Wiedewelt (born November 18, 1677 in Copenhagen , † September 8, 1757 ibid) was a Danish sculptor of the Flemish late Baroque.

Life

Wiedewelt was a son of the master builder Hans Wiedewelt (1646–1730), who immigrated to Denmark from the margraviate of Meißen . He worked in Copenhagen from 1670 and built the Reformed Church and Frederiksborg Palace there. Just Wiedewelt learned sculpture from 1692 to 1696 in the large workshop of the Flemish sculptor Thomas Quellinus in Copenhagen and trained in Antwerp in 1697 . From 1698 to 1715 he worked in Paris and then returned to Copenhagen. In 1734 he became a royal Danish court sculptor. In addition to decorative work, he created busts of King Frederick IV and Queen Louise of Denmark for Rosenborg Castle . He was buried in the burial chapel of Petrikirche in Copenhagen. The better known sculptor Johannes Wiedewelt was his son.

literature

F. Beckett: Wiedewelt, Just . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 18 : Ubbe – Wimpffen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1904, p. 546-547 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Wiedewelt, Just . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 528 .
V. Thorlacius-Ussing: Just Wiedewelt . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 15 : Treschow – Wold . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1984, ISBN 87-01-77513-8 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
Hakon Lund: Just Wiedewelt. In: Weilbach's artist dictionary . 4th edition ( kulturarv.dk ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Wiedewelt, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 527 .

personal data
SURNAME	Wiedewelt, Just
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish sculptor of the Flemish late baroque
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1677
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1757
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Wiedewelt, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 527 .