Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode
Illustration — Mogens Scheel von Plessen (1713-1749), Danish nobleman, landowner, and courtier by Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode, 1751 Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode, also Odvardt Helmoldt de Lode (c. 1726 – 3 September 1757), was a Danish painter and engraver.
Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode
Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode, 1726-1757 · https: (From the article "Ex libris" in Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon ("The second edition is in the public domain, and is available online at Projekt Runeberg · Public domain
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- Kingdom of Denmark
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- painter · copper engraver
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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- Danish
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Illustration — Mogens Scheel von Plessen (1713-1749), Danish nobleman, landowner, and courtier by Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode, 1751 Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode, also Odvardt Helmoldt de Lode (c. 1726 – 3 September 1757), was a Danish painter and engraver.
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Early life
Early life
Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The recorded working language is Danish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Copenhagen. Work by Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
Lode was the son of the painter and engraver Gustav de Lode. He followed in his father's footsteps and became a painter in Viborg and later in Copenhagen and was first mentioned in documents in 1742. From 1743 on there were articles about him and his work in several magazines.
Works
Works
In 1745 he painted the frontispiece in Altona, Hamburg. He also engraved a series of portraits of notable people, including Tycho Brahe, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Ole Worm, Peter Tordenskjold, Ludvig Holberg (1752) and Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (1757).
Later life
Later life
In 1754 he married a wine merchant's daughter, Karen Nordrup. In 1755 he was awarded the Academy's silver medal. He was then commissioned to engrave the twelve Oldenburg kings. He completed Christian I of Denmark in 1757, but died the same year. His widow died in 1763.
Map over the coast between Marstrand and Gothenburg, Sweden, showing the events during the danish attack at Nya Varvet naval shipyard, on 8th October 1719.
Stiboldt, N. · Royal Library, Copenhagen: KBK 1113,131,11-14-1719/1, 1951-452/67, DO518296
Den dansk Skueplads 1748 (Det kgl. Teater)
Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode (c. 1720-1757) · Th. Overskou: Den danske Skueplads. Anden Deel. 1856, side 75
Life and career
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Life and career
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1726
Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode born.
1757
Odvardt Helmoldt von Lode died at Charlottenborg Palace.
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