Vitus Felix Rigl

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Vitus Felix Rigl (* around 1717 , † after 1779 ) was a Swabian painter and fresco painter of the Rococo .

career

The origin of Vitus Felix Rigl (also Riegl or Riegel) is unknown. According to the graphic theses and doctoral sheets in Bamberg , Vitus Felix Rigl's life data can be narrowed down to before 1743 (marriage to Maria Regina Wolcker) and after 1779 (last mention). Schröder believes that he settled in Dillingen when he married the widow Maria Regina (Elisabeth) Wolcker in 1743. The entry in the Dillinger parish register reads: “1743 Nov. 26 marry D. Vincentius (!) Felix Ingel (above this word is written from a later hand: Rigel) pictor et vidua D. Maria Regina Wolckerin. Testes: D. Joa. Gg. Eisenschmid et Da. Yeah. Franck ”. Schröder concludes that the name was completely incorrectly entered and that the husband had not been in Dillingen for long. His name is not in the Dillingen baptismal register and before 1743 there was no family with this name in Dillingen.

Vitus Felix Rigl also took over Wolcker's house in Dillingen through his marriage to the widow of Matthias or Mätthäus Wolcker and moved to Augsburg in 1764. From 1743 to 1761 he was probably based in Dillingen. His last work is dated 1779: “According to the tax amount, his living conditions in Dillingen were modest; he also took on barrel and paint jobs. Presumably he had been a journeyman at Wolcker's and subsequently trained himself on the frescoes by Chr. Th. Scheffler in Dillingen and the surrounding area, the style of which his frescoes follow without, of course, reaching them. After all, none of the contemporary artists in Dillingen came close to him ”.

Between 1746 and 1755 six children were baptized in the parish church in Dillingen:

1. “1746 July 28 was baptized M. Anna, daughter of“ Vitus Felix Rigel ”and M. Regina. Godparents: D. Jos. Meichelbeck and DM Juliana Bab. de Emerich. (On May 13, 1759, the death register lists a praenobilis dominus Jos. Ant. Meichelböck, consiliarius camerae. Juliana von Emerich probably also belonged to the prince-bishop's court in Dillingen). "

2. “1747 Sept. 28 is baptized M. Victoria Regina, daughter of the same parents. Godparents: The same. "

3. “1749 Oct. 3 is baptized M. Anna Regina Theresia, daughter of the same parents. Sponsors as above. "

4. "1751 Aug. 4 is baptized Dominicus Valentin, son of" Vitus Anton Rigl "and Regina. Godparents as above. Apparently, Vitus Anton is identical to Vitus Felix Rigl. "

5. “1753 Jan. 10 is baptized Sebastian Felix, son of“ Felix Anton Rigl ”and Regina. Godparents as above. Felix Anton and Vitus Felix Rigl are without a doubt the same personality. "

6. “1755 June 12 Anton Bernhard, son of“ Vitus Felix Rigl ”and Regina Elisabeth is baptized. Sponsors: D. Vidua Maria Anna de Sartori, D. Jos. Ant. Meichlböck. "

The godparents of Rigl's children and his wife Maria Regina were high-ranking personalities, from which it can be concluded that the Rigl / Wolcker family in Dillingen was highly regarded. Rigl's wife, the widow of Matthäus Wolcker, died on June 14, 1761. After Schröder, nothing more can be learned about Rigl in Dillingen after the woman's death, and he suspects that Rigl left Dillingen.

Works (selection)

Further works can be found in Thieme-Becke.

  • 1747: Altarpiece in the Catholic branch church St. Johannes Baptist in Ebersbach , a district of Kötz
  • around 1749: Frescoes in the Catholic chapel Herrgottsruh in Mickhausen
  • 1750: Frescoes and probably also paintings of the gallery parapet in the Catholic parish church of St. Vitus in Mödishofen
  • 1750: Nine large oil paintings on canvas in the Capuchin Church in Radstadt , depicting the so-called Roman stations, seven of which are signed
  • 1750/51: Frescoes in the To Our Lady in Bobingen
  • 1751/52: Frescoes in the choir and central nave in the former Benedictine monastery - now St. Martin's parish church in Mönchsdeggingen
  • 1753/54: Ceiling frescoes in the choir and nave, also altar leaves on the side altars and extract from the high altar of the Catholic parish church of St. Vitus in Donaualtheim
  • 1755: Ceiling frescoes in the Ebner Chapel (Margaret Chapel) of the Maria Medingen monastery church in Mödingen
  • 1759/60: Two altar leaves from the Ignatius Altar and the Franz Xaver Altar in the Study Church of the Assumption in Dillingen on the Danube
  • 1760: Frescoes and pictures of the gallery parapet, ceiling and other wall paintings in the Catholic parish church of St. Stephan in Ortlfing
  • 1761: High altar painting in the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Holzheim
  • 1764/65: Side altar leaves in the Catholic parish church of the Assumption in Landau an der Isar
  • 1769: Frescoes in the chapel and ceiling in the former refectory of Mergenthau Castle
  • 1779: Frescoes in the Catholic parish church Heilig Kreuz in Schwabhausen near Landsberg , a district of Weil

literature

  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments: Bavaria III Swabia , arr. by Bruno Bushart and Georg Paula. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-422-03008-5 .
  • Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments: Bavaria IV - Munich and Upper Bavaria , edit. by Ernst Götz. 2nd edition, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-422-03010-7 .
  • Fr. Andreas Eckardt: Contributions to the art topography of the district office Dillingen. II. The parish church in Donaualtheim . Yearbook of the Historical Association Dillingen, vol. 20, 1907, pp. 96-104 and Plate III: Center piece of the nave frescoes by F. Riegel 1753.
  • Ludwig Häring: The study church in Dillingen / Danube . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2005, ISBN 3-89870-236-7 .
  • Oscar von Lochner von Hüttenbach: The Jesuit Church in Dillingen: its history and description, with special consideration of the master of its frescoes Christoph Thomas Scheffler (1700–1756); a contribution to the history of art of the 17th and 18th centuries . Neff Stuttgart 1896. Munich, Univ., Diss., 1895.
  • Werner Meyer (arrangement): The art monuments of the district of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VII: District of Dillingen on the Danube . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-486-43541-8 .
  • Werner Meyer, Alfred Schädler (arr.): The art monuments in Swabia. City of Dillingen on the Danube . In: The art monuments of Bavaria. The art monuments of Swabia. Vol. VI: City of Dillingen on the Danube . Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1964, ISBN 978-3-486-41781-4 .
  • Georg Paula: The masters and journeymen of the Augsburg painters' guild from 1648 to 1827 . Journal of the Historical Association for Swabia. Wißner, Vol. 92, Augsburg 1999, pp. 91-138.
  • Alfred Schröder: Vitus Felix Rigl, painter in Dillingen . Yearbook of the Historical Association Dillingen an der Donau, Vol. 25, 1901, pp. 147–150.
  • Bamberg State Library (Ed.): The graphic theses and doctoral sheets in Bamberg . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04001-7 .
  • Anton von Steichele: The Diocese of Augsburg: historical and statistical. Vol. 2: The country chapters: Agenwang, Aichach, Baisweil, Bayer-Mänching, Burgheim . Schmid, Augsburg 1864.
  • Anton von Steichele: The Diocese of Augsburg: historical and statistical. Vol. 3: The country chapters: Dilingen, Dinkelsbühel, Donauwörth . Schmid, Augsburg 1872.
  • Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (Ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present, Vol. 28: "Ramsden-Rosa" . Keyword "Rigl (Riegel, Riegl), Vitus Felix". VEB EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1969 [1934], p. 345.

Web links

Commons : Vitus Felix Rigl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Graphic Thesen- and promotion leaves in Bamberg . Bamberg State Library (Ed.), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04001-7 , p. 385
  2. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 147f.
  3. ↑ Häring 2005, p. 62
  4. ↑ Thieme-Becker 1969 [1934], p. 345.
  5. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 148.
  6. ↑ Thieme-Becker (1934) 1970, p. 345f.
  7. ↑ According to Steichele 1864, p. 100 “very good ceiling paintings by Veit Fel. Rigl "; quoted from Schröder 1901, p. 149.
  8. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 149.
  9. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 149. After Steichele 1872, p. 651f.
  10. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 149. According to Steichele 1872, vol. 3, p. 651f. See also Eckardt 1907, pp. 99, 102, passim and others. Plate III.
  11. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 149.
  12. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 150. According to Lochner von Hüttenbach 1896, p. 44 and Note 6.
  13. ↑ Schröder 1901, p. 150. After Steichele 1864, vol. 2, p. 712.
personal data
SURNAME Rigl, Vitus Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riegel, Vitus Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and fresco artist of the Rococo
DATE OF BIRTH around 1717
DATE OF DEATH after 1779