Martin Bernigeroth
Martin Bernigeroth (* 1670 in Rammelburg ; † June 6, 1733 in Leipzig ) was a German engraver .
Life
Bernigeroth, who comes from the Rammelburg office in the Saxon part of the county of Mansfeld , is the founder of a family of copper engravers based in Leipzig. He came to Leipzig in 1685 and was educated in the house of the engraver Erasmus Andresohn (1651–1731). He attended lectures at the University of Leipzig in 1690/91 and was appointed electoral copper engraver in 1707. His sons Johann Martin (1713–1767) and Johann Benedict (1716–1764) also worked as engravers.
Bernigeroth was married to a sister of the theater actress Anna Büchner († 1741).
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An estimated 1,600 copperplate engravings were made by him , including portraits of:
- Caspar Schamberger , traveler to Japan from Leipzig (1623–1706)
- Johann Friedrich Freiherr Bachoff von Echt (1643–1726)
- Otto Mencke (1644–1707), scholar of morality, philosophy and politics
- Kraft Burchard von Bodenhausen (1647–1716)
- Margaretha Elisabeth von Houwalt b. von Breitenbach (1647–1719)
- Hans Sigmund Pflugk
- Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708), German naturalist
- Otto Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen (1654–1717), politician
- Christoph I. zu Dohna-Schlodien (1665–1733), Brandenburg-Prussian general and diplomat
- Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Eisenach (1666–1729), Duke of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin
- Johann Christian Schamberg (1667–1706), physician and chemist
- Johann Heinrich Feustking (1672–1713), professor of theology and prorector of the University of Leucorea in Wittenberg, chief preacher in Gotha
- Henning Friedrich Graf von Bassewitz (1680–1749), Roman and Russian Imperial Privy Councilor, Holstein-Gottorp's Privy Council President
- Christiana Sibylla von Hopffgarten born. von Einsiedel (1683–1718)
- Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695–1760), writer
- Johann Andreas Eisenbarth (1663–1727), known as "Doktor Eisenbarth", surgeon and star engraver
- Johann Gottfried Gregorii alias Melissantes (1685–1770), geographer, polymath and later pastor
- Urban Dietrich von Lüdecke (1655–1729), statesman from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Works by Martin Bernigeroth (selection)
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literature
- Johann Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Merzdorf: Bernigeroth, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 466.
- Bruno Sauer: Bernigeroth, Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 126 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annelies Hübscher: Bernigeroth, Martin Benedikt . In: Helmut Bähring, Kurt Rüdiger (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Buchstadt Leipzig. From the beginning until 1990 . Tauchaer Verlag, Taucha 2008, p. 19-20 .
- ^ Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 4, ( digitized ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernigeroth, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1670 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rammelburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1733 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |