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Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann or Brinkman (1709 – 21 December 1760) was a German painter and engraver.




Life


He was a student of Johann Georg Dathan in Speyer. In 1733, he was named a court painter by Elector Charles Philipp in Mannheim. He was promoted to Director of the Malereikabinett (art advisors) in 1757. Later that same year, he became a member of the Geheimen Staatsrats (Secret Council of State).
As court painter, He was also involved in the Bibliothekskabinett (library advisors) of Electress Elisabeth Augusta at Mannheim Palace. At the Jesuit Church, he created frescoes and altarpieces.
As a landscape painter, he was influenced by the works of Salvator Rosa and Rembrandt. He received praise from Goethe in his book, Dichtung und Wahrheit.




Etchings


He etched some plates in a picturesque and spirited style. The following are his principal prints:




Sources


This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Brinckmann, Philipp Hieronymus". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
Wilhelm Schmidt (1876), "Brinckmann, Philipp Hieronymus", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 3, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 333–334
Gustav Jacob: "Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann Ein Mannheimer Maler des 18. Jahrhunderts," in Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter. 23 (1922), Nr. 9., Sp. 172–178 : Ill
Ernst Emmerling: "Philipp Hieronymus Brinckmann als Landschaftsmaler," in Mitteilungen des Historischen Vereins der Pfalz, 58, Speyer 1960, pp. 317–325




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