Jan Jiří Heinsch
Jan Jiří Hein(t)sch | |
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Born | c. 1647 Crown of Bohemia (now Poland) |
Died | Prague, Bohemia, Crown of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) | September 9, 1712 (aged c. 65)
Known for | Painting, Engraving |
Movement | Baroque |
Jan Jiří Heinsch or Heintsch (German: Johann Georg Heinsch; c. 1647 – September 9, 1712) was a Czech-German Baroque style artist. Heinsch primarily painted religious-themed works (including altarpieces) as well as portraits of monastic superiors – especially for various Catholic religious orders such as the Jesuits, Knights of the Cross with the Red Star or Augustinians. He is known to have produced around 150 paintings and, in addition, extensive graphic work.
Life
Heinsch was born in 1647 in
In 1708, he entered the Augustinian monastery in Bělá pod Bezdězem in northern Bohemia, but before the end of the trial period he left; yet later painted several works for this institution.
Heinsch died in Prague on September 9, 1712.[1]
Works
In 1705, he painted one of his most renowned pictures –
In addition to painting, Heinsch published several copperplate engraving illustrations. Notable are the ones featured in Societas Jesu Apostolorum imitatrix by Matthias Tanner. These illustrations depicted Jesuits' heroic deeds in the Americas and elsewhere. One example is his illustration of Fr. Andrew White who assisted the Catholics in Maryland during its founding.
In addition to Prague, his legacy is scattered throughout Bohemia and some examples also can be found in southern Moravia (churches in Brno and Uherské Hradiště).[3]
Notes and references
- ^ a b "HEINSCH Jan Jiří" (in Czech). Retrieved 2013-05-26. – brief biography in the Who is who in Czech history until 1918
- ^ These portraits have been preserved in former Red Star Crusaders manor, the Chateau of Dobřichovice
- ISBN 3-428-00181-8. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
Further reading
- Šroněk, Michal (2006). Jan Jiří Heinsch (1647–1712): malíř barokní zbožnosti [Jan Jiří Heinsch (1647-1712): A Painter of Baroque Piety] (in Czech). Praha: Gallery; Správa Pražského hradu; Ústav dějin umění AV ČR. ISBN 80-86990-03-6.