Ferdinand Jagemann (24 August 1780,

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

– 9 January 1820, Weimar) was a German painter; known primarily for his portraits.

Life

He was the son of

Christian Joseph Jagemann Christian Joseph Jagemann (1735, Dingelstädt – 5 February 1804, Weimar) was a German scholar, court-advisor and librarian. Life Against his parents' wishes Christian became a monk, entering the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt in 1752. However ...

, the librarian for

Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (24 October 173910 April 1807), was a German princess and composer. She became the duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by marriage, and was also regent of the states of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach from 1758 t ...

. His sister, the actress

Karoline Jagemann Baroness Karoline Jagemann von Heygendorff (25 January 1777, in Weimar – 10 July 1848, in Dresden) was a major German tragedienne and singer. Her great roles included Elizabeth in '' Mary Stuart'' (1800) and Beatrice in ''The Bride of Messin ...

, became the mistress of

Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 June 1828), was the sovereign Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) from 1758, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political u ...

, who helped him begin his artistic studies with

Johann Heinrich Tischbein Johann Heinrich Tischbein (3 October 1722 – 22 August 1789) was a German painter. He was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and an important member of the Tischbein family of German painters, which spanned three ge ...

. He later worked with the

court painter A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...

, Georg Melchior Kraus and

Heinrich Friedrich Füger Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

in Vienna. From 1802 to 1804, he was in Paris, where he may have studied with

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

and

Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (; 9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Biography Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to ...

. He then returned to Weimar and became a portrait painter. He was also a professor at the Fürstlichen freien Zeichenschule. In 1805, he drew a portrait of

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...

on his deathbed. From 1806 to 1810, he was studying again; this time in Rome. After 1814, he and

Johann Heinrich Meyer Johann Heinrich Meyer (16 March 1760 – 11 October 1832) was a Swiss painter, engraver and art critic. He served as the second Director of the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School. A close associate of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he was often re ...

served as co-directors of the Zeichenschule. He died of unknown causes at the age of thirty-nine.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

, whom Jagemann had painted on several occasions, delivered a eulogy for him at the Weimar

Masonic Lodge A Masonic lodge (also called Freemasons' lodge, or private lodge or constituent lodge) is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also a commonly used term for a building where Freemasons meet and hold their meetings. Every new l ...

. He was buried at the

Jacobsfriedhof The Jacobsfriedhof, also known as the Jakobskirchhof ("St. James's Burial Ground" or "Churchyard"), is the oldest extant burial ground in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, on land round the Jakobskirche (St. James's Church). The first burials took p ...

Selected portraits

Image:GoetheVonFerdinandJagemann1818.jpg, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1818 Image:Georg Nicolaus Nissen.jpg,

Georg Nikolaus von Nissen Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (sometimes Nicolaus; 22 January 1761 – 24 March 1826) was a Danish diplomat and music historian. He is the author of one of the first biographies of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, still used today as a scholarly sou ...

, 1809 Image:Christoph Martin Wieland by Ferdinand Jagemann 1805 Cut.jpg,

Christoph Martin Wieland Christoph Martin Wieland (; ; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He is best-remembered for having written the first ''Bildungsroman'' (''Geschichte des Agathon''), as well as the ...

, 1805 File:Carl August stehend.jpg, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1805

Bibliography

* Hans Wahl, Anton Kippenberg: ''Goethe und seine Welt''. Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1932 S.272f

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Family history
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jagemann, Ferdinand 1780 births 1820 deaths 18th-century German painters Artists from Weimar Painters from Thuringia 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters German portrait painters Jagemann family