Magnus de Quitter

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Magnus de Quitter (born 1694 in Kassel ; died [or buried] on January 20, 1744 there ) was a German court painter and mine inspector in the service of Landgraves Karl and Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel and court painter and gallery inspector of Duke August Wilhelm of Braunschweig.

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Quitter's father Herman Hendrik Quitter (1628–1708) came from East Friesland. He worked among others in Cologne and Bremen, before he came to the court of Landgrave Karl von Hessen-Kassel and from 1696 as court painter bestallt was. Quitter himself learned painting in the Netherlands and in 1709 received training from Gottfried Kneller in London. The following year he traveled to Rome on a count's scholarship to copy ancient works. Afterwards he is said to have worked in the workshop of the baroque painter Carlo Maratta . In 1716 he worked as a portrait painter in Kassel, as evidenced by records of payments to him. Quitter created the overhangs in some of the rooms of the Arolsen Palace between 1721 and 1722. In 1727 he was appointed official court painter. At the same time, his father, his brother Herman Hendrik Quitter II and his sister Katharina Sibylle Quitter were also employed at the landgrave's court. A painting was attributed to him that shows three Brunswick duchesses playing cards (“The Card Players” at Eutin Castle, shows the three princesses Christina Louisa von Oettingen, Sophia Amalia von Holstein-Gottorf and Auguste Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbütte ). In a request from 1729, he applied to the Duke of Brunswick for employment as court painter and gallery director in Salzdahlum after the previous Christoph Bernhard Francke had died on January 18, 1729. He got a job as a gallery inspector, which was remunerated with 200 thalers, but shared the task with Anton Friedrich Harms , who received 100 thalers as gallery director. In 1730 he made a painting of the Duchess, which was in Salzdahlum Castle . On behalf of Duke August Wilhelm, he created two paintings with the titles "Last Supper" and "Crucifixion" for the high altar of the Braunschweig Cathedral , which are in the holdings of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum . In 1736 a painting called "Hercules and Antaeus" was performed in the possession of Wolfenbüttler Castle . In 1731 he returned to the court in Kassel and was last employed there as a mine inspector. His works from this period include several portraits.

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  1. ↑ Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist Lexicon or messages from the life and works of painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, die cutter, lithographer, illustrator, Medals and Ivory, etc: . tape 12 : Poyet, Bernard - Renesse, Daniel. . Fleischmann, 1842, p. 178 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ^ Friedrich Campe: Quitter, Magnus . In: New painter's lexicon for hand use for art lovers. In addition to monograms . Campe, 1833, p. 267 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ↑ Museums-in-Hessen - Residenzschloss. museen-in-hessen.de, accessed on November 24, 2018 .
  4. ^ Alexander Steenbeck: loan from the palace enriches Kiel exhibition . In: Ostholsteiner Anzeiger . March 20, 2018 ( shz.de ).
  5. ↑ Justus Lange: Quitter (also Quitters, Quittert, Quiter), Magnus de. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 571 .
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SURNAME Quitter, Magnus de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quiter, Magnus de; Quitters, Magnus de; Quittert, Magnus de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court painter, mine and gallery inspector
DATE OF BIRTH 1694
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1744
Place of death kassel