Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwirth (1 December 1720, Munich - 5 January 1790, Munich) was a German copper engraver and etcher.

Life and work

He was the son of a Feldscher (military doctor), and learned engraving from . He began by reproducing the religious works of contemporary Bavarian artists, as well as images from churches, Andachtsbilder (devotional images), allegories, and symbolic works. He created over eighty portrait etchings, based on the works of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Some sources give a higher number. He also produced numerous views of Munich and Freising, loosely based on the vedute of Bernardo Bellotto. Among his most familiar works are the copperplate engraving of

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, the Bavarian court painter, and a depiction of the altar at St. Michael's Church; based on a work by

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. His most extensive individual work involved a series of 100 etchings, inspired by Psalm 51. Designs for funeral decorations were among his miscellaneous works; along with some commissions from local book publishers. One of his best known students was . His son, Maximus, was also one of his students, but he died while still quite young, in 1768.

Sources

* ''Jungwirth, Franz Xaver.'' In:

Lorenz von Westenrieder Lorenz von Westenrieder (1 August 1748 – 15 March 1829) was a well-known author and historian in Bavaria and a critic of the Elector Karl Theordor and supporter of Maximilian IV Joseph. There are several memorials to him in Munich.Karl Theodor v ...

: ''Beschreibung der Haupt- und Residenzstadt München im gegenwärtigen Zustande.'' Verlag Johann Baptist Strobl, München 1782, S. 403
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* Georg Kaspar Nagler, ''Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon: oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher etc.'', E. A. Fleischmann, 1838
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* Felix Joseph von Lipowsky: ''Baierisches Künstler-Lexicon.'' Vol.1, pg.136
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Works by Jungwirth
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