Johann Peter Melchior
Illustration — Bust of Maximilian von Montgelas by Johann Peter Melchior Johann Peter Melchior (8 March 1747 – 13 June 1825) was a German porcelain modeller. Melchior was born in Lintorf. He was interested in art from an early age and was apprenticed to a sculptor in Düsseldorf.
Johann Peter Melchior
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- Born
- 1747 · Lintorf.
- Died
- 1825 · Neuhausen-Nymphenburg.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- sculptor · ceramicist · manufacturer · art historian
- Languages
- German
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Born at Lintorf in 1747, died in Neuhausen-Nymphenburg in 1825.
The recorded working language is German. Work by Johann Peter Melchior is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
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- 1.Eintrag im Lintorfer Taufbuch
- 2.Theo Volmert: Eine bergische Pfarrgemeinde vor 25 Jahren. Herausgegeben von der Kath. Pfarrgemeinde St. Anna Ratingen-Lintorf 1980
- 3.Jörn Göres. Goethes Beziehungen zu Düsseldorfer Künstlern. 1984.
- 4.Manfred Buer: Stammbaum und Familiengeschichte Johann Peter Melchiors, S. 157. In: Die Quecke – Ratinger und Angerländer Heimatblätter, Nr. 77 (2007), S. 149–157.
- 5.PDF-Dokument über die Grabdenkmäler im Mainzer Dom
- 6.Hermann Alexander Müller: Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, Bd. 3, S. 166, Rütten & Loening, 1921.
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