Ádám Mányoki (1673, Szokolya – 6 August 1757,

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) was a Hungarian

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portrait painter.

Biography

He was the son of a Reformed pastor. The family was very poor, so he was apparently given into the care of a German staff officer named Dölfer, who promised to provide him with an education."The Lives of János Kupeczky and Ádám Mányoki"
by Lajos Ernszt @ Művészet (1911) He first went to

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, then on to

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for further schooling. After that, he studied with in

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and

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in Paris.Brief biography
@ Fine Arts in Hungary. He completed his studies in the Netherlands and was a

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for King

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in Berlin from 1703 to 1707. In 1707, he entered the service of

Francis II Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confeder ...

. He followed the Prince to Poland in 1711, but remained there rather than continue on to France. While there, he was commissioned to do a portrait of King

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and became a court painter in 1717. Six years later, he moved on, visiting Prague and Vienna, where he painted portraits of Emperor Charles VI and his daughters,

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and Maria Anna. From 1724 to 1731, he was back in Hungary, where his sitters included and his wife and members of the

Podmanitzky family The Podmanitzky family was an influential noble family from Upper Hungary, in the Kingdom of Hungary. They originate from the little village of Podmanin - also Podmanyn or Podmaninch - (today Podmanín as part of Považská Bystrica in Slovakia). T ...

. After 1731, he lived in Dresden and

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and, in 1736, once again became a court painter, this time for

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. He resigned in 1753, over the issue of unpaid salary. During his final years, he squandered his money on

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, a common mania at that time. He died in Dresden at the age of 84, totally impoverished, and had to be buried by friends.

References

External links

"The Letters of Ádám Mányoki"
by Ernő Kiss @ Művészet (1908) {{DEFAULTSORT:Manyoki, Adam Hungarian painters 1673 births 1757 deaths Court painters Baroque painters