Daniel Woge (1717-1797) was a German draughtsman and painter.

Life

He was born in Berlin and trained under

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before being summoned to

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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

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in Sweden. In 1770 he was commissioned by Crown Prince Charles to paint a series in oils showing the

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. 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

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and Woge himself

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,

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* 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'',

(attributed only) * ''A Mother's Joy'', Altes Rathaus,

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(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 * ''Karl Gustav Strömschiöld'', schwedischer Oberst, inscribed "D. Woge pinxit Stralsund 1759", 76 × 60 cm * Axel Fredrik von Fersen (1719–1794), 85 × 69 cm

United Kingdom

The British

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houses three works by him, all oil on canvas: * ''Duchess Elisabeth Albertine'', c. 1740–1752, 80 × 63.5 cm * ''Duke

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'', ca. 1740–1752, Öl auf Leinwand, 81,4 × 67,5 cm * ''Duke Adolphus Frederick IV'', signed and dated 1768, 68.3 × 54.1 cm

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

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in Amsterdam: * ''Duchess Louise Charlotte'' (ca. 1790) * '' Louisa of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808)'' (c. 1784/88) * ''Louisa of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808)'' * ''Adolphus Frederick IV'', full lengthChristie's
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Bibliography

* 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. * Grete Grewolls: ''Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon.'' Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, , p. 11010.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Woge, Daniel Artists from Berlin 1717 births 1797 deaths German portrait painters 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists