Marcus Kappel

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Marcus Kappel (also Markus Kappel) (born February 24, 1839 in Cologne , † January 19, 1919 in Berlin ) was a German banker, businessman, art collector and patron.

Life

Marcus Kappel acquired his fortune mainly in the grain trade. The company was based in Cologne until 1873 before the headquarters were relocated to Berlin. There Kappel became a member of the supervisory board of Bergwerk-AG and Phönix. In 1897 he retired. He was married to Mathilde Kappel and in 1913 had private assets of around 7.5 million marks. The income in the same year amounted to 490,000 marks.

The art collection

Marcus Kappel only started collecting after he retired. Advised by Wilhelm von Bode , he built up a high-quality collection of Dutch and Flemish paintings from the 17th century, including high-quality works by Willem van Aelst , Gerard Dou , Anthonis van Dyck , Frans Hals , Nicolaes Maes , Gabriel Metsu , and Rembrandt van Rijn , Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Steen , which he had hung in a specially built skylight hall of his house at Tiergartenstrasse 14. Wilhelm von Bode was also responsible for hanging the works of art, who based the design on his presentation in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum .

Inscription for Marcus and Mathilde Kappel on their Mazevah

In addition, Kappel also collected Old German, Old Dutch, Italian Renaissance art and art of the 19th century. Paintings and drawings by Adolph Menzel were among his favorites . Kappel was a member of the Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Verein and donated a number of works of art to the Berlin museums ( department of sculptures of the Christian era , picture gallery , national gallery , copper engraving cabinet and the Islamic and East Asian collection).

Marcus (also Markus) Kappel rests with David Kappel (August 16, 1840 - September 24, 1903) and Edith Kappel, nee. Simonsen (May 28, 1853 - October 2, 1920) in the Jewish cemetery on Schönhauser Allee in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg (field L1).

source

  • Sven Kuhrau: The art collector in the empire. Art and representation in Berlin's private collector culture. Ludwig, Kiel 2005. ISBN 3-937719-20-2
  • Rosemarie Köhler and Ulrich Kratz-Whan, Der Jüdische Friedhof Schönhauser Allee, Berlin (home & Spener) 1992, p. 97, no. 124 / L1
personal data
SURNAME Kappel, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kappel, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker, merchant, art collector and patron
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1919
Place of death Berlin