Matthias Johann Meyer
Matthias Johann Meyer , in short: Matthias Meyer , (* Heilsberg , † July 1737 in Heiligelinde ) was a Baroque painter in the Bishopric of Warmia and neighboring Duchy of Prussia .
Live and act
After his talent became known through his first painting work in the village church of Reichenberg near Heilsberg, thanks to the support of Bishop Teodor Potocki he was able to undertake two study trips to Italy, where he was able to get to know the latest achievements of the illusionistic fresco painting ( quadrature painting ) founded by Andrea Pozzo .
His first and largest work after his return to Warmia was the painting of the newly built pilgrimage church Heiligelinde (1723–1727), commissioned by Bishop Potocki, in the Duchy of Prussia neighboring the Warmia . In 1727 he also created the frescoes in the Potocki Chapel on the Cathedral of Gniezno, designed by Pompeo Ferrari , and designed by Pompeo Ferrari as the burial chapel of his patron, who has since become Archbishop of Gnesen and Primate of Poland .
In 1728 the dome painting of the Brunokapelle at the village church in Wuslack , donated by the Warmian canon Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Eulenburg, was painted . In the 1730s of the 18th century. he worked on the frescoes of the cloisters in Heiligelinde, whose completion his early death prevented. Before death he could, however, still the Kuppelausmalung the Salvator chapel at the Cathedral of Frombork Run (1735) which is a foundation of the new bishop of Warmia Christoph Szembek was.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Matthias Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Baroque painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1737 |
| Place of death | Holy linden tree |