Franz Ludwig Raufft (5 October 1660 in Luzern[1] – 1719 in Kassel), was a German Baroque painter. He was the son of the decoration painter Melchior Raufft (born 11 February 1635) or of the portrait painter Martin Raufft.[1]
According to Houbraken he joined the Bentvueghels with the nickname "Fondament".[2] He painted historical allegories and ceiling decorations for the Landgraaf Hessenkessel.[2] He lived with Goudsbloem (Christian Berentz) in Hamburg after a period in Rome.[2]
According to the RKD he lived in Paris, Rome, Hamburg, and the Hague before moving to Kassel.[3]
Selected works
edit- Beheading of John the Baptist, not dated, oil on canvas, 249.5 x 171 x 9.5 cm, Kunstmuseum Luzern, previously town hall, Lucerne[4]
- Christ on the Mount of Olives (sepia image) and navy, Meyer-am Rhyn Collection, Lucerne[1]
- Battle of VW-mergen (dated 1656), Korporationsverwaltung, Lucerne[1]
- St. Ambrose appears to the Milanese in a Battle in 1338 and drives away the enemies (oil sketch for an altarpiece), ca. 1680, oil on canvas, 52.5 x 41.5 x 5 cm, Kunstmuseum Luzern, deposit of BEST Art Collection, Lucerne[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Raufft, Franz Ludwig". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b c (in Dutch) Franz Ludwig Raufft biography as footnote 85: "Rouw" in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ^ Franz Ludwig Raufft in the RKD
- ^ Sutter, Fabienne. "Enthauptung des Johannes des Täufers". Sammlungskatalog online - Kunstmuseum Luzern (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ Sutter, Fabienne. "Der Heilige Ambrosius erscheint den Mailändern". Sammlungskatalog online - Kunstmuseum Luzern (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
Simona Sperindei, Niccolò Maria Pallavicini, mecenate, collezionista e protettore di Christian Berentz, in "Annali della Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Lettere dei Virtuosi al Pantheon", XII, 2012, pp. 537–542.
