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 Шаблон:Ill. He began by reproducing the religious works of contemporary Bavarian artists, as well as images from churches, Andachtsbilder (devotional images), allegories, and symbolic works.
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 Шаблон:Ill. 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: Beschreibung der Haupt- und Residenzstadt München im gegenwärtigen Zustande. Verlag Johann Baptist Strobl, München 1782, S. 403 (Google Books)
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 (Google Books)
Felix Joseph von Lipowsky: Baierisches Künstler-Lexicon. Vol.1, pg.136 (Online)
