Johan Joachim Pingel

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Portrait of Johan Joachim Pengel, 1819.

Johan Joachim Pingel (14 January 1752 – 4 December 1819), also known as Johan Joachim (Kochum) Pengel,

Danish Design Museum
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Early life

Pingel was born in 1752 in Brandenburg, Prussia. It is not known when exactly he moved to Denmark.[2]

Career

Pingel was granted citizenship as a master joiner (snedkermester) in Copenhagen in February 1776.[2] He was based at Store Strandstræde No. 113 from 1778 to 1795. He was then based at Østergade No. 42 from 1796 to 1806 and then Østergade No. 60. A "Cabinet-Maker' Pingel's House" in Nørregade is mentioned in 1819.[2] The present building at Nikolaj Plads 23 was also constructed for Pingel in 1800, most likely as an investment since he never seems to have lived there.[3][4]

In 1809, he began a collaboration with mechanic and clockmaker P. Stursa.[2]

Family

In 1776, Pingel married widow Cathrine Hunderup. She died in 1792. He married Johanne Margrethe Madsen (1669–1806) on 2 July 1797. He died on 4 December 1819 and is buried at St. Peter's Church. He was survived by four of his seven children (by his second wife): Carl Wilhelm Pingel (1800–1834), Ludwig August Pingel (13 August 1803 – 1845), Augusta Henrietta Pingel (1806–1855) and Edward Ferdinand Pingel (1808–1867).[2]

Legacy

Only a few of Pingel's works are known today. Many of his works incorporate mechanical installations. Secret rooms are another typical feature of his works.[2]

Pingel's works are represented in the collections of the

Danish Design Museum.[2]

Johan Carl Frederik Viertel (1772–1834) painted a portrait of him.[1]

Further reading

  • Jørgensen, Gitte (2002). Et spørgsmål om Penge(l) – et studie i muligheden i at anvende snedkerens teknik som historisk kildematerialeskriver (in Danish).
    OCLC 873591777
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References

  1. ^ a b "Portræt af møbelsnedker Johan Joachim Pengel" (in Danish). Bruun Rasmussen. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Johan Joachim Pingel". herbst-pedersen-family.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Bopælsregister: B" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Sag: Nikolaj Plads 23". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2021.