Michael Christoph Emanuel Hagelgans
Michael Christoph Emanuel Hagelgans (* around March 28, 1725 in Darmstadt ; † September 25, 1766 there ) was a German painter .
life and work
Hagelgans trained with the Darmstadt court portrait painter Johann Christian Fiedler . Then he went on a hike, traveled abroad ("Welschland") and visited some galleries.
From 1755 he was court painter to Duke Karl von Lothringen in Vienna . In 1761 Empress Maria Theresa appointed him court chamber painter, "but without court salary and court quarters". During this time portraits of the Empress (based on Martin van Meytens ), Emperor Franz I Stephan , Archduchess Maria Anna , Count Keyserling and other prominent Viennese personalities were created. In 1765 Michael Hagelgans was performed among the imperial and royal court chamber painters in Vienna.
His death and burial in Darmstadt are documented on September 25, 1766 (question and display sheet).
Little research has been carried out into the work of Hagelgans. Portraits by his hand are in Wolfsgarten Castle near Langen .
A portrait of Ernst II. Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg painted in 1764 is documented in Gotha in 1914 .
The museum Jagdschloss Kranichstein owns a signed still life "Killed birds" (after 1746).
Portrait of Maria Theresa , 1762
Portrait of Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk , oil on canvas, 62 × 71 cm
literature
- Hagelgans, Michael Christoph Emanuel . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 15 : Gresse – Hanselmann . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1922, p. 457 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 341 f. ( darmstadt-stadtlexikon.de ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagelgans, Michael Christoph Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at March 28, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1766 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |