Portrait of Artist Johannes Kenckel

Print

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Portrait of Artist Johannes Kenckel

Entry/Object ID

2021.05.13

Description

Bust portrait of a man set in a circular frame with a plaque of text at the bottom in latin.

Type of Print

Engraving

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Acquisition

Accession

2021.05

Source or Donor

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bernhard Vogel

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Frans van Stampart

Attribution

After a painting by

Role

Painter

Date made

circa 1722

Time Period

18th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

19-1/4 in

Width

13-1/4 in

Color

Black, White

Provenance

Notes

Acquired by the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette in 1979 {1}; donated to Purdue University Galleries in 2021 {1} 1979.33

Copyright

Type of License

None

Copyright Holder

Purdue University Galleries

Restrictions

In the public domain.

Exhibition

Legacy of Gifting: Donations from the Lafayette Art Museum (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition label

Label

Bernhard Vogel (1683-1737), German after Frans van Stampart (1675-1750), Flemish Johann Kenckel, ca. 1722 Ink on paper mezzotint 2021.05.13 This is a portrait of the German painter and printmaker Johann Kenckel (1688-1722) likely produced as a memorial shortly after his death. At first glance it looks like an oval painting set inside an architectural niche, but the artist has added a flowing cloak that breaks the picture plane, playing with 2D and 3D. The plaque on the oval reads: “Johannes Kenckel, the Great. An eminent Painter and Sculptor from Nuremberg, born Feb. 14, 1688, son-in-law of Christopher Weigel died March 15, 1718, he died peacefully and peacefully. 20 Dec. 1722.” This work is a mezzotint, an intaglio process like engraving or etching, it produces rich, velvety tones seen here.