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Johann Joseph Neidl
Born
Johann Joseph Neidl

20 March 1776
Graz, Austria
Died31 August 1832 (1832-09-01) (aged 56)
Pest, Budapest, Hungary
NationalityAustrian
OccupationEngraver[1]
Known for

Johann Joseph Neidl (20 March 1776 – 31 August 1832) was an Austrian engraver, coppersmith, and printmaker who was active in Frankfurt, Vienna, and Munich.[2]

Early life and education

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Johann Joseph (or Josef) Neidl was born and christened on 20 March 1776 in Graz, part of the Habsburg monarchy (now Austria).[3] Born into a servant's family, he apprenticed as a silversmith while dedicating his spare time to drawing and carefully replicating copperplate engravings.[4]

Under the patronage of Count Wieser, he was sent to Frankfurt for formal training with the German engraver Johann Gottlieb Prestel.[4] Studying copperplate engraving under Prestel, he resided in Frankfurt, Germany.[3] After the French invasion of Germany, his patron moved him to Munich, where Neidl visited galleries and honed his drawing skills. In 1793, the count sent him to Augsburg to study with Johannes Gottlieb Glauber. After the death of his patron in 1794, Neidl returned to Munich, attended the academy, and continued his studies under Glauber.[4]

Career

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Neidl went to Vienna (then the capital of the Habsburg monarchy) and set up an art shop at the turn of the 18th century.[5] He specialized in copper engravings, and he also ventured into foreign markets.[4] In Vienna in 1799, he engraved a portrait of Archduke Karl of Austria after a painting by Joseph Kreutzinger.[6]

He was commissioned to do stipple engraving for the music publishing firm of Artaria & Co. Around 1800, Neidl created a gouache portrait of Haydn for Artaria.[7] He also engraved a portrait of Italian composer Luigi Cherubini, published by Artaria in Vienna, around 1800.[8] He went on to contribute several actor portraits to the theater almanacs published by Wallishauser in Vienna.[4]

In 1802, Neidl produced an engraving of Ludwig van Beethoven after a drawing by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser.[9] Neidl later engraved a portrait of German composer Carl Maria von Weber based on a painting by Joseph Lange in 1804.[10]

Alongside his other works, Neidl published a drawing book for ladies, inspired by the drawings of Füger and Caucig.[4]

Some of Neidl's prints are preserved in the British Museum of London.

Death

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Johann Joseph Neidl died on 31 August 1832 in Pest, Budapest, Hungary.[11]

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References

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  1. ^ Gay, J. (1868). Iconographie des estampes à sujets galants et des portraits de femmes célèbres par leur beauté: indiquant les sujets, les peintres, les graveurs de ces estampes, leur valeur et leur prix dans les ventes, les condamnations et prohibitions dont certaines d'entre elles ont été l'objet, etc. Switzerland: J. Gay et fils.
  2. ^ Le Blanc, C. (1888). Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes: Melchiori-Szymonowitx, 1858-88. France: É. Bouillon.
  3. ^ a b Collections Online | British Museum. (2024). Britishmuseum.org; British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG242088
  4. ^ a b c d e f Wastler, J. (1883). Steirisches Künstler-Lexicon. Austria: Leykam.
  5. ^ Rak, J., Vondráček, R., Terenzi, C. (2001). Biedermeier: Art and Culture in Central Europe, 1815-1848. Czechia: Skira.
  6. ^ Vaduz-Vienna, L. P. C. (n.d.). Archduke Karl of Austria | LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna. Retrieved from https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/collections-online/archduke-karl-of-austria
  7. ^ Deutsch, O. E., Deutsch, G., Klein, R. (1982). Admiral Nelson und Joseph Haydn: ein britisch-österreichisches Gipfeltreffen. Austria: Österreichischer Bundesverlag.
  8. ^ (1800) Luigi Cherubini -1842, Brustbild en face in Oval. - Anonymer Kupferstich, vielleicht von Johann Joseph Neidl Betitelt: Mitte unter Bildoval: "CHERUBINI // à Veinne chez Artaria et Compag.". Wien, um.
  9. ^ Clive, H. P. (2001). Beethoven and his world : a biographical dictionary. Kiribati: Oxford University Press.
  10. ^ Brown, A. P. (2007). The Symphonic Repertoire. United States: Indiana University Press.
  11. ^ Oettinger, E. M., Schramm-Macdonald, H., Kesselmeyer, K. A. (1871). Moniteur des dates: Biographisch-genealogisch-historisches welt-register enthaltend die personal-akten der menschheit, d. h. den heimaths- und geburts-schein, den heirathsakt und todestag von mehr als 100,000 geschichtlichen persönlichkeiten aller zeiten und nationen von erschaffung der welt bis auf den heutigen tag, mit zahlreich eingestreuten noten aus allen zweigen der curiosität. Germany: L. Denicke.
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