Peter Wilhelm Polack
Peter Wilhelm Polack , also Pollack (* around 1664 in Reval ; † July 1721 there ) was a goldsmith from the artist family Pol (l) ack in Reval.
Life
Polack was the son of the goldsmith Peter Polack (1633–1702) in Reval. Polack's father had learned the trade from the goldsmith Johann Hermundt († 1657 at the Pest), who came from Dortmund, and in 1659 became master of the goldsmith's office and a citizen of the city of Reval.
Polack was first mentioned on June 2, 1664 as "the younger" and learned the craft from 1675 to 1681 in his father's workshop. As early as 1682 he was first assessor of the local goldsmith's office and that year traveled as such to Stockholm to attend a trial of this office against the Kanutilde . This was repeated for the same reason in the following year; this time, however, he stayed in Stockholm for a year and a half. From 1687 to 1694 he was a senior man of the goldsmiths in Reval. In 1711 he was accepted as a master in the goldsmith's office. From 1714 to 1717 he again served as an elderly man. Adolf Friedenthal suspected that he had meanwhile worked elsewhere outside of Reval. His master's mark with the initials PWP on a shield has survived.
Polack was buried on July 30, 1721 in the Nicolaikirche in Reval. The painter of the Estonian knighthood Ernst Wilhelm Londicer was his brother-in-law.
Works (selection)
- A gilded chalice in the church of St. Martens , a village in the rural parish of Lääne-Nigula in Lääne County .
- A paten from 1711 in Kegel Church in Harju County .
- A chalice from 1713 in Turgel Church in Järva County .
- Deer foot , a silver lidded goblet, a drinking vessel about 55 cm high without the lid that came to the House of Blackheads as a tsar gift from Peter I in Reval . Peter I had donated 30 doubloons for its creation . The imperial eagle sits enthroned on the lid . At the top the vessel had a diameter of 10.5 cm. It bears a Revaler hallmark and Pollack's master's mark. It was in the blackheads' silver treasure until shortly before the First World War .
literature
- Wilhelm Neumann: Directory of Baltic goldsmiths, their marks and works. Riga 1905, p. 37 (No. 268).
- Adolf Friedenthal: The goldsmiths Revals. Lübeck 1931, pp. 80, 89 (Fig. 22).
- AS: Polack (Pollake), goldsmith family. Reval . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 200 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Polack (Pollack), Peter Wilhelm . In: Meeting reports of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia . . F. Häcker, Riga 1873, p. 157 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b c A. S .: Polack (Pollake), goldsmith family. Reval . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 200 .
- ^ Peter Wilhelm Polack Deer's Hoof Goblet. Art Museum of Estonia, accessed January 23, 2020 .
- ^ Wilhelm Neumann: House of the Blackheads . In: Famous Art Places . tape 42 : Riga and Reval. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1908, p. 145–146 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - with illustration).
- ^ Eugen von Nottbeck: History and art monuments of the city of Reval . Reval, F. Kluge, 1896, p. 212 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - with illustration on p. 210 (right)).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polack, Peter Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollack, Peter Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Goldsmith in Reval |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1664 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1721 |
| Place of death | Reval |