Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe
Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe (24 June 1756 – 10 May 1831), born Moses Samuel Löwe, was a Prussian painter and engraver.
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Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe
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- Name
- Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe
- Birth Name
- Moses Samuel Löwe
- Born
- 24 June 1756
- Birthplace
- Königsberg, Prussia
- Died
- 10 May 1831
- Education
- Berliner Akademie
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- copper engraver · illustrator
- Languages
- German
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Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe (24 June 1756 – 10 May 1831), born Moses Samuel Löwe, was a Prussian painter and engraver.
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• Name — Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe • Birth Name — Moses Samuel Löwe • Born — 24 June 1756 • Birthplace — Königsberg, Prussia • Died — 10 May 1831 • Place of death — Königsberg, Prussia • Education — Berliner Akademie
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Löwe was born into a Jewish family in Königsberg, Prussia, in 1756. From 1770 to 1774 he studied at the Berliner Akademie under Blaise Nicholas Le Sueur, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Johann Christoph Frisch. He was later a student of Giovanni Battista Casanova and Anton Graff in Dresden. Aided by the friendship and influence of the Friedländer family, he had achieved such a reputation by 1780 that the empress Catherine II of Russia commissioned him to paint her portrait. His pictures were among the most popular in the German exhibitions, and he was one of the foremost miniaturists and pastel-painters of his time. In 1806–7 Löwe published the series Bildnisse jetzt lebender Berliner Gelehrten mit ihren Selbstbiographien, which included portraits of Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Johann Elert Bode, and Lazarus Bendavid, among others. It was praised by Goethe. He was also a chess master and a Freemason.
Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe, J.M.S.Lowe (1756, 1831
Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe · Volker-H. Schneider, Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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1756
Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe was born on 24 June 1756.
1831
Johann Michael Siegfried Löwe died on 10 May 1831.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Moses Samuel Löwe, Johann Michael Siegfried Lowe, Moses Samuel Lowe, Johann Michael Siegfried Loewe and Moses Samuel Loewe. His recorded language was German. Recorded with the occupation copper engraver. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Prussia.
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