Daniel Woge
{{Short description|German painter and drawer}}
Daniel Woge (1717-1797) was a German drawer (artists) and painter.
Life
He was born in Berlin and trained under Antoine Pesne before being summoned to Neustrelitz by Adolphus Frederick IV to be his court painter. He remained in the town until his death there. He mainly produced portraits of Adolphus Frederick and his family, though he did also produce altarpieces (such as that for the Nikolaikirche in Friedland) and produced drawings which others worked up for engravings. All the major museums in Mecklenburg have paintings by him in their collections - there are also some in the portrait collection at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden.
In 1770 he was commissioned by Crown Prince Charles to paint a series in oils showing the Prillwitz idols. Johann Conrad Krüger produced engravings after the original paintings and these were included in the 1771 volume Die gottesdienstlichen Alterthümer der Obotriten aus dem Tempel zu Rhetra, am Tollenzer-See, co-authored by Andreas Gottlieb Masch and Woge himself[http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/hq-70/start.htm Digitised copy] at the Herzog August Bibliothek
Selected works
=Germany=
- Portrait of the Dukes and their Sisters Kneeling in the Schlossmuseum Neustrelitz (possibly destroyed in 1945)
- Open Air Concert, oil on canvas, 54 × 44 cm, Staatliches Museum Schwerin
- Nikolaikirche altarpiece, Friedland (Mecklenburg) (possibly destroyed in 1945)
- Duke Adolphus Frederick IV., c. 1760, oil on canvas, 137 × 100 cm, Staatliches Museum Schwerin
- Duke Adolphus Frederick IV and His Sister, Staatliches Museum Schwerin (attributed only)
- A Mother's Joy, Altes Rathaus, Neubrandenburg (possibly destroyed in 1945)
=Sweden=
The Gripsholm Castle portrait collection includes three oil on canvas works by him:
- Lieutenant-General Reinhold Johan von Lingen, inscribed "D. Woge pinxit Stralsund 1759", 151 × 112.5 cm{{Cite web |url=http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=12925&viewType=detailView |title=Online catalogue entry |access-date=2018-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903212613/http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=12925&viewType=detailView |archive-date=2014-09-03 |url-status=dead }}
- Karl Gustav Strömschiöld, schwedischer Oberst, inscribed "D. Woge pinxit Stralsund 1759", 76 × 60 cm{{Cite web |url=http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=12925&viewType=detailView |title=Online catalogue entry |access-date=2018-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903212613/http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=12925&viewType=detailView |archive-date=2014-09-03 |url-status=dead }}
- Axel Fredrik von Fersen (1719–1794), 85 × 69 cm{{Cite web |url=http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=12925&viewType=detailView |title=Online catalogue entry |access-date=2018-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903212613/http://emp-web-22.zetcom.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=artist&objectId=12925&viewType=detailView |archive-date=2014-09-03 |url-status=dead }}
=United Kingdom=
The British Royal Collection houses three works by him, all oil on canvas:
- Duchess Elisabeth Albertine, c. 1740–1752, 80 × 63.5 cm[http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/402454/princess-elizabeth-albertina-duchess-of-mecklenburg-strelitz-1713-1761 online catalogue entry]
- Duke Charles, ca. 1740–1752, Öl auf Leinwand, 81,4 × 67,5 cm[http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/402457/charles-duke-of-mecklenburg-strelitz-1708-52 online catalogue entry]
- Duke Adolphus Frederick IV, signed and dated 1768, 68.3 × 54.1 cm[http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/400583/adolphus-frederick-duke-of-mecklenburg online catalogue entry]
=Other=
Four other portraits by Woge formerly in the private collection of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and in the 1954 catalogue of the Staatlichen Museum Schwerin, were returned to the family and then in 1999 auctioned at Christie's in Amsterdam:
- Duchess Louise Charlotte (ca. 1790)[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/daniel-woge-portrait-of-luise-charlotte-princess-1429015-details.aspx?intObjectID=1429015 Christie's]
- Louisa of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808) (c. 1784/88)[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/daniel-woge-portrait-of-luise-duchess-of-1429013-details.aspx?pos=1&intObjectID=1429013 Christie's]
- Louisa of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808)[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/daniel-woge-portrait-of-luise-duchess-of-1429014-details.aspx?pos=2&intObjectID=1429014 Christie's]
- Adolphus Frederick IV, full length[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/daniel-woge-portrait-of-adolf-friedrich-iv-1429005-details.aspx?pos=24&intObjectID=1429005 Christie's]
Bibliography
- {{in lang|de}} Daniel Woge. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Volume 36: Wilhelmy–Zyzywi. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 172.
- {{in lang|de}} Grete Grewolls: Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-356-01301-6}}, p. 11010.
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Category:German portrait painters
Category:18th-century German painters
Category:18th-century German male artists