David Kindt
David Kindt (1580 – 26 February 1652) was a German painter in the Baroque style; known primarily for portraits and religious works.
Biography
He was born in
That same year, he was named a Master Of Painting and acquired his first apprentice; a young man named Leonhardt Schers (died 1650/51), about whom nothing is now known. In 1608, Schers broke his contract, resulting in litigation that dragged on until 1621. Kindt must have had a busy workshop, however, as he was able to support two other apprentices; Bastian Kerch, also forgotten, and Conradt (Cordt) Weyer (died 1628), who is known only from his address in municipal documents.
In 1613, he was commissioned to make two maps of the Elbe. The following year saw him involved in a restoration project at the Maria-Magdalenen-Kloster (now the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist ), where he worked on two paintings of Adolf IV of Holstein; one showing him in full armor and the other as a monk in a sarcophagus.[1] He became a Bürgerkapitän in the Civil Guard in 1625.[2] Four years later, he became an Ältermann (public spokesman) for the Painter's Guild.
In 1631, he received a commission for four life-size portraits of
He died in 1652 in Hamburg and was interred at
References
- ^ Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildung in Das Bildnis in Hamburg
- ^ a b Johann Albert Fabricius: Memoriae Hamburgenses, Vol.3, Hamburg 1730
- ^ Rita Bake: Ein Gedächtnis der Stadt. Nach Frauen und Männern benannte Straßen, Plätze, Brücken, Vol.3 December 2017 Online
Further reading
- Alfred Lichtwark: "David Kindt" in Das Bildnis in Hamburg, Vol. 1, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 1898
- Harry Schmidt: "Der Hamburger Maler David Kindt". In: Zeitschrift des Vereins für Hamburgische Geschichte, Vol. 23, 1919 Online
- Harry Schmidt: "Noch einmal David Kindt". In: Zeitschrift des Vereins für Hamburgische Geschichte, Vol.29, 1928 Online
- Maike Bruhns: "Kindt, David". In: Der neue Rump. Lexikon der bildenden Künstler Hamburgs, Altonas und der näheren Umgebung, Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013 ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5
External links
- David Kindt @ Hamburger Persönlichkeiten, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte