Andrzej Stech

{{short description|German painter}}

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| name = Andreas Stech

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| image = Stech Self-portrait.jpg

| caption = Self-portrait. circa 1675

| birth_name = Andreas Stech

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1635|9|9}}

| birth_place = Stolp, Duchy of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire (modern Słupsk, Poland)

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1697|1|12|1635|9|9}}

| death_place = Danzig, (Gdańsk)

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| field = Painting

| training =

| movement = Baroque

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| spouse = Adelgunde Wulf

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Andreas Stech (9 September 1635 – 12 January 1697) was a Baroque painter.

Stech was born in Stolp (Słupsk), the son of Heinrich Stech a painter from Lübeck.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.kwadryga.com/product_info.php/grzybkowska-teresa-andrzej-stech-1635-1697-p-1101|website=Antykwariat Kwadryga|accessdate=22 October 2015}} He was of Lutheran faith.{{cite book|title=Handbuch der kulturellen Zentren der frühen Neuzeit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spvoBQAAQBAJ&q=andreas+stech+danzig&pg=PA306|first1=Wolfgang |last1=Adam|first2=Siegrid|last2=Westphal|date = 6 December 2012|page=306|isbn = 9783110295559}} In 1636, together with his family he moved to Danzig (Gdańsk). It is most likely that he was taught by his father; from 1653, by his father-in-law Adolf Boy (1612-1683). In 1658, he married the widow of the painter August Ranisch. After the death of his first wife, he married Adelgunde, the daughter of Nicias Wulf.[http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Art/Paintings/de/AndreasStech.html biography of Andreas Stech] He had five children from his first marriage, and four from his second. In 1662, he became the Master Artisan on the basis of his artwork: The Calling of St. Andrew and Croesus throwing himself in the fire. In 1667, he received Danzig citizenship.{{cite web|title=Andrzej Stech Biography|url=http://culture.pl/pl/tag/andrzej-stech|website=Culture|accessdate=22 October 2015}} In 1673, he became a juror. From 1677, he worked for King John III Sobieski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. His brother was also a painter.{{cite web|title=Andrzej Stech Paintings|url=http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Stech/Index.htm|website=Pinakoteka|accessdate=22 October 2015}}

File:Stech Heinrich Schwarzwaldt.png|Portrait of Heinrich Schwarzwaldt
(1682)

File:Stech Patrician Lady from Gdańsk.jpg|Portrait of a Patrician Lady from Danzig
(1685)

File:Andrzej Stech. Portret mieszczanina gdańskiego.jpg|Portrait of a townsman from Danzig
(1675)

File:Stech Aleksander Zasławski-Ostrogski.png|Portrait of Zasławski-Ostrogski
(1670)