Peter Hess (gem cutter)

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Peter Hess (* December 1709 in Frankfurt am Main , † 1782 in Kassel ) was a German gem cutter and music artist.

He was the son of the Frankfurt gem cutter Johann Benedikt Hess the Elder. J. (1672–1736), grandson of the glass cutter Johann Benedikt Hess the Elder, who also worked in Frankfurt . Ä. (1636–1674) and great-grandson of the glass cutter Johannes Hess, who came to Frankfurt from Bohemia .

He learned his art from his father, whose workshop he continued after his death, and earned a very good reputation for his intaglia and cameos . 1746 he was appointed Wilhelm VIII. , The Regent and later Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , by Giovanni Francesco Guerniero started from colorful gemstones crafted mosaic panel with the city of Sankt Goar and the castles Rheinfels and Katz to complete, and moved to Kassel . It was an approximately 1.80 × 1.20 m marble tablet with an oval image of Sankt Goar, Rheinfels and Katz made of mosaic stones such as jasper , onyx , lapis lazuli , chalcedony , agate, etc., surrounded by a rectangular, raised border Trophies , weapons and cartouches and with busts of Hessian princes in the corners. Landgrave Karl had the idea for it in 1693 after the relief of Rheinfels and during his trip to Italy, but three different artists had still not completed the planned work of art. Peter Hess didn't finish it either. He died in Kassel in autumn 1782.

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SURNAME Hess, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German baroque stone cutter
DATE OF BIRTH December 1709
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1782
Place of death kassel