Louis Jacoby
Louis Jacoby(7 June 1828 – 1918[1]) was a German Jewish engraver.[2]Born inHavelberg,Brandenburg,Germany; pupil of the engraverMandelofBerlin,in which city he settled.
Life
[edit]The year 1855 he spent inParis;1856 in Spain; and the years 1860–63 in Italy, especially inRome.In 1863 he was appointed professor of engraving at the Vienna Academy, and in 1882 was called to Berlin as adviser on art to the imperial printing-office.
Works
[edit]Jacoby's first engraving, Tiarini's "St. John," appeared in 1850. His most important engravings are:Kaulbach's"Historical Allegory"[3]and "The Battle of the Huns";Raphael's "School of Athens"[4](of which he had made a copy during his stay at Rome); Soddoma's "The Wedding of Alexander and Roxana"; Winterhalter's "The Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph and the Empress Elizabeth"; as well as the portraits of many important scientists and members of society in the Austrian and German capitals, e.g., Rokitansky, Olfers, Ritter, Cornelius, Guhl, Mommsen, Henzen, Grillparzer, Brücke, De la Motte-Fouqué andYork von Wartenburg.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
[edit]- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon.
References
[edit]- ^"Louis Jacoby".Artnet.Retrieved2009-01-12.
- ^Hirsch, Emil G.; Deutsch, Gotthard; Wolf, Albert (1906)."Engraving and Engravers".Jewish Encyclopedia.Retrieved20 December2019.
- ^"Historische allegorie, Louis Jacoby, after Wilhelm von Kaulbach, 1838 - 1918 - Rijksmuseum".Rijksmuseum.Retrieved3 July2019.
- ^"British Museum - print".British Museum.Retrieved3 July2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Singer, Isidore;et al., eds. (1901–1906)."Jacoby, Louis".The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
