Georg Philipp Rugendas (27 November 1666 – 1742) was a battle and military genre painter and engraver born in the
Free Imperial City
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of
Augsburg
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in what is now
Bavaria
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, Germany.
Biography
He was a pupil of Isaak Fisches, an historical painter, took
Bourguignon, Lembke, and
Tempesta for his models, but formed his style more especially through the study of the various phases of the military profession, from real life. He continued his studies for two years in
Vienna
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, and in 1692 under
Antonio Molinari in
Venice
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, thence went to
Rome
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.
During the siege and pillage of Augsburg in 1703, he exposed himself to great danger by drawing, in the midst of the engagements, the scenes around him. The six etchings resulting from this are perhaps the most meritorious part of his work. His oil paintings may best be studied in the
Brunswick Gallery, which contains nine battle pieces by him.
Notes
References
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;Attribution
* This work in turn cites a monograph by Count Stillfried (Berlin, 1879).
External links
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1666 births
1742 deaths
17th-century German painters
German male painters
18th-century German painters
18th-century German male artists
Engravers from Augsburg