Johann Christoph Frisch
He was born on 9 February 1738 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of the designer and engraver, Ferdinand Helfreich Frisch. He was a pupil of B. Rode and afterwards studied further at Rome.
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Johann Christoph Frisch
Daniel Berger / After Johann Christoph Frisch · Litteratur- und Theaterzeitung 3.1780, Kupfer zu Teil 2 (von 4) · Public domain
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- Johann Christoph Frisch was born on 9 February 1738. · Berlin.
- Died
- Johann Christoph Frisch died on 28 February 1815. · Berlin.
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- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- painter
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- portrait
- Teachers
- Bernhard Rode · Ferdinand Helfreich Frisch
- Languages
- German
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He was born on 9 February 1738 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of the designer and engraver, Ferdinand Helfreich Frisch. He was a pupil of B. Rode and afterwards studied further at Rome.
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He painted numerous ceilings in the palaces at Berlin, Potsdam, and Sans Souci, with portraits, mythological representations, and scenes from the life of Frederick the Great. He died on 28 February 1815 in Berlin.
Training under Bernhard Rode and Ferdinand Helfreich Frisch is recorded. Johann Gottfried Niedlich is recorded as having studied under Johann Christoph Frisch. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Johann Christoph Frisch is recorded in the collections of Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Deutsches Historisches Museum and New Chambers.
The death of General von Schwerin, all around are soldiers. Coloured engraving by D. Berger, 1790, after J.C. Frisch., 1790, by Johann Christoph Frisch
Johann Christoph Frisch · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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Johann Christoph Frisch was born at Berlin.
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- 1.Johann Gottlieb Puhlmann, Götz Eckardt (Hrsg.): Ein Potsdamer Maler in Rom. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1979, S. 237 ( ).
- 2.Johann Georg Prinz von Hohenzollern: Friedrich der Große. Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Verlag Hirmer, München 1992, ISBN 3-7774-5910-0, S. 396 ( ).
- 3.Karl-Heinz Hahn, Irmtraut Schmid: Briefe an Goethe. Gesamtausgabe in Regestform. Band 7, Teil 2. Böhlau, Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-7400-1208-0, S. 47 ( ).
- 4.Hans-Hellmut Allers: Goethe und Berlin. Verlag Arno Spitz, Berlin 1999, S. 43 ( ).
- 5.Jahrbuch des Freien Deutschen Hochstifts. Verlag Max Niemeyer, Tübingen 1970, S. 35 ( ).
- 6.(PDF; 207 kB)
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