Het meest geliefde schilderij van Henrik Plötz is Charles Bonnet, Swizz Naturalist and Philosopher (1785), dat hangt in het Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Portrait of Prince Willem George Frederik (1795) en Portrait of a woman (1800) volgen daarna in de lijst met doeken die lezers het beste kennen. Onze catalogus bevat 4 werken van Henrik Plötz: hier zijn de 4 bekendste, elk met het jaartal, het museum en wat het werk zo bijzonder maakt.
Gerangschikt op basis van onze populariteitsscore, die de zoekopdrachten, bezoeken en bestellingen voor elk werk combineert. Bijgewerkt in november 2026. Elk schilderij op deze pagina kan worden besteld als een handgeschilderde oliereductie op linnen canvas, of als een fine art print, uitgevoerd in de door u gekozen afmeting.
De 2 musea met de meeste schilderijen op deze pagina.
| Museum | Stad | Werken van Henrik Plötz | Schilderijen uit deze lijst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 2 | Charles Bonnet, Swizz Naturalist and Philosopher, King Khristian VII of Denmark and Norway | |
| Amsterdam | 2 | Portrait of Prince Willem George Frederik, Portrait of a woman |
Charles Bonnet, Swizz Naturalist and Philosopher (1785), Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Portrait of Prince Willem George Frederik (1795) en Portrait of a woman (1800) volgen.
Henrik Plötz, geboren in 1747, was 38 jaar oud: Charles Bonnet, Swizz Naturalist and Philosopher dateert uit 1785.
4 werken van Henrik Plötz zijn opgenomen in onze catalogus, gedateerd van 1785 tot 1800.
Voornamelijk in Nationalmuseum (Stockholm) en Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam); de bovenstaande lijst vermeldt elk museum en de bijbehorende doeken.
Het oudste canvas hier is Charles Bonnet, Swizz Naturalist and Philosopher (1785); het nieuwste is Portrait of a woman (1800).
Het Nationalmuseum, Stockholm herbergt 2 van de werken op deze pagina, waaronder Charles Bonnet, Swizz Naturalist and Philosopher en King Khristian VII of Denmark and Norway.
Ja. Elk schilderij op deze pagina kan via de eigen pagina worden besteld als een handgeschilderd olieverfreproductie, of als een fine art print, in de door u gekozen afmeting.
Henrik Plötz was a multifaceted German artist and inventor born in Pinneberg. His diverse talents spanned several disciplines, as he was a painter, flautist, and miniaturist. His early life was marked by significant transitions; after losing his parents at a young age, he was raised by the Danish General Caesar Lüttichau, who ensured he received flute lessons in Fredericia. By 1768, he secured a position in the Royal Chapel in Copenhagen. However, his musical career was altered after a journey to Switzerland, where an illness prevented him from playing the flute further.
Following this, Plötz turned his focus toward visual arts and mechanics. He studied under an enamel painter and later with the mechanician P. J. Droz. His intellectual pursuits led him to Genthod, where he worked with the naturalist Charles Bonnet, creating plates of insects and plants and assisting with botanical and mechanical experiments.
Plötz was a man of profound technical curiosity, known for inventing precision instruments. He developed a physionotrace and a pantograph to create profile portraits with mechanical accuracy. His inventive spirit continued in Naples and later in Berlin, where he shared an atelier with Christian Hornemann. In 1799, he moved to Copenhagen to serve as a court mechanician under Christian Günther von Bernstorff. During his time in Copenhagen, he invented various devices, including a stamping machine designed to produce non-copyable banknotes.
His artistic output was notable for its dedication to the European tradition of miniature painting. His legacy also extended through his family, as his son, Carl Ludwig, followed in his footsteps as a miniature painter.