Discover prince-elector, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, art collector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz

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: Johann Wilhelm Joseph Janaz von der Pfalz
Johan Willem (keurvorst van de Palts)
Johann Wilhelm II (hertog van Jülich en Berg)
Jan Wellem
Pfalz, Johann Wilhelm von der

Qualifications: prince-elector, collector of Dutch and Flemish painting, art collector

Nationality/school: German

Born: Düsseldorf 1658-04-19

Deceased: Düsseldorf 1716-06-08

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Philipp Wilhelm von der Pfalz; married to Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici in 1678

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11 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
6 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Italië 1674
made a grand tour
Düsseldorf 1679 - 1716
Amsterdam (stad) 1695
travelled to Holland to buy paintings, accompanied by Jan Frans van Douven (Gerson 1942/1983)
Düsseldorf
Rotterdam (stad) 1696
visited the Dutch Republic on a private journey with his wife and mother; in Rotterdam he visited the studio of Adriaen van der Werff and commissioned two paintings by his hand (Gaehtgens 1987, p. 57)
Düsseldorf
Amsterdam (stad) 1711-07-21
was present at the christening of the youngest son of Rachel Ruysch and Juriaen Pool

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Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 11 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Houbraken 1718-1721 , vol. 1 (1718), p. 324, vol. 3 (1721), p. 172, 173, 251, 266-267, 294-295, 349, 394, 402
Weyerman 1729-1769
Jacobsen Jensen 1919 , p. 11
Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 177, 179, 183, 246-251, 288
Korthals Altes 2003 , p. 206-230
Perse et al. 2019 , p. 46-86
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

H. Kühn-Steinhausen, Die Rapparini-Handschrift des Landes- und Stadt-Bibliothek Düsseldorf (Zum 300. Geburtstag des Kürfursten Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz), Düsseldorf 1958
M. Braubach, 'Johann Wilhelm, Kurfürst von der Pfalz, Herzog von Jülich und Berg (1658–1716)', Rheinische Lebensbilder 1 (1961), p. 83-101
B. Baumgärtel, 'Niederländische Kunst um 1700 zwischen politischem Kalkül, religöser Erbauung und Belehrung. Die Sammlung des Kurfürsten Joahnn Wilhelm von der Pfalz in Düsseldorf', in: E. Mai (ed.), Holland nach Rembrandt. Zur niederländischen Kunst zwischen 1670 und 1750, Cologne 2006, p. 19-48
S. Tipton, 'Johann Wilhelm, Ellettore Palatino, collezionista', in: S. Casciu, M. Branca et al., La Principessa saggia. L'eredità di Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici Elettrice Palatina, Livorno 2006. p. 58-67
S. Tipton, ' ''La passion mia per la pittura''. Die Sammlungen des Kurfürsten Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz (1658-1716) in Düsseldorf im Spiegel seiner Korrespondenz', Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 57 (2006), p. 71-333

Project: Gerson Digital : Germany

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Creation date: 2015-05-27; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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