Matthew the Angels

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The wife of a Muscovite envoy (Andrej Matwejews) with pearl coiffure; 1702

Matthäus des Angles (* 1667 ; † 1741 ) was a sculptor , painter and draftsman .

Margrave Georg Friedrich von Ansbach had brought him from Paris and made him court painter in 1699 .

Between 1700 and 1702 he worked several times in Berlin. He was later proven in the Netherlands.

Works (selection)

  • The wife of a Muscovite envoy (Andrej Matwejews) with pearl coiffure; 1702 in Berlin

literature

  • Martin Krieger: The Ansbach court painters of the 17th and 18th centuries (1966); P. 76

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp01116940
personal data
SURNAME Angles, Matthew des
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sculptor, painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH 1667
DATE OF DEATH 1741