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Johann Georg Reinheimer
Born
Johann Georg Reinheimer

1776
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
Died13 June 1820 (1820-06-14) (aged 42)
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Nationality Germany
Occupations
Known for
SpouseUrsula Magdalena Reinheimer (née Prestel)

Johann Georg Reinheimer (1776 – 13 June 1820) was a German copperplate engraver, commercial artist, and art dealer.

Early life

Johann Georg Reinheimer was born in 1776 in Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire.[1]

Career

Reinheimer trained under the German painter and engraver Johann Gottlieb Prestel, assisting with the Prestel publishing house's work alongside Vienna's Anton Radl. The art dealer married Ursula Magdalena Prestel, the daughter of Maria Katharina and Johann Gottlieb Prestel, in December 1805.[2]

Following his mentor's death in 1808, Reinheimer's publishing house produced etched and engraved prospectuses of Frankfurt and its surroundings, including works inspired by Johann Friedrich Morgenstern and Anton Radl.[2]

Reinheimer engraved The Archangel Raphael after a painting by Pietro Perugino in 1808.[3] He was featured in Johann Georg Meusel's 1809 work, German Artists' Lexicon or Directory of Living German Artists.[4] In 1815, Reinheimer engraved View of Mainz in aquatint after Caspar Schneider. His work titled The Cathedral of Frankfurt am Main was acquired in 1867 by Städel Institute, an art museum in Frankfurt.[5]

Death

Johann Georg Reinheimer died on 13 June 1820 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.[2]

Works

  • Attack on the City of Mainz before the Siege
  • Attack on the City of Frankfurt am Main (after A. Radl)
  • Attack on the City of Regensburg (after A. Radl)
  • Attack on Caub: Depicting the fortress of Pfalz and Gutenfels Castle (after Christian Georg Schütz)
  • Attack on Wallmich on the Rhine
  • A Horse Piece (after Johann Georg Pforr)
  • The Soldier Captured by Franzofen (after A. Radl)[6]
  • The Cathedral of Frankfurt am Main
  • The Archangel Raphael (1808)
  • View of Mainz (1815)
  • Works by Johann Georg Reinheimer

References

  1. ^ Johann Georg Reinheimer. (n.d.). Digital Collection. https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/person/reinheimer-johann-georg
  2. ^ a b c Gwinner, P. F. (1862). Kunst und Künstler in Frankfurt am Main: vom dreizehnten Jahrhundert bis zur Eröffnung des Städel'schen Kunstinstituts. Germany: J. Baer.
  3. ^ RCIN 851525 - The Archangel Raphael [detail from ’The Archangel Raphael with Tobias’]. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.rct.uk/group/381/content/collections/raphael-collection/saints/the-archangel-raphael-detail-from-the-archangel-raphael-with-tobias
  4. ^ Teutsches Künstlerlexikon oder Verzeichniss der jetztlebenden Teutschen Künstler. (1809). (n.p.): (n.p.).
  5. ^ Reinheimer, J. G. (1750). Der Dom zu Frankfurt am Main. Digital Collection. https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/der-dom-zu-frankfurt-am-main
  6. ^ Teutsches Künstlerlexikon oder Verzeichniss der jetztlebenden Teutschen Künstler. (1809). (n.p.): (n.p.).
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