Buzási Enikő szerk.: In Europe' Princely Courts, Ádám Mányoki, Actors and venues of a portraitist's career (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2003/1)
Enikő Buzási CATALOGUE
53. 55. THOMAS BENEDICT RICHTER (1687-1722) Merchant of Leipzig. Son of Thomas Richter and Johanna Magdalena Welsch. Martin Bernigeroth (1670-1733) After a portrait by Adám Mányoki painted around 1718 1722 Engraving; 410x300 mm (plate size) Signed: "A. de Manjocky pinx - Bernigeroth sc. Lips." Inscribed: "Thomas Benedictus Richter Mercator Lipsiensis. Nat, d. 20. Jan. 1687. Denat. d. 24. Aug. 1722." Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, inv. no.: L. 2637 56. THEODOR OERTEL (1659-1734) Son of the Berlin merchant Lorentz Oertel. After studies in Zwickau from 1673, he moved to Leipzig in 1681, where he founded a company in 1689. He was granted civic rights in 1692, became a member of the town council in 1719, and a councillor of architectural matters from 1730. He was prefect of the Neue Kirche in Leipzig from 1729. Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713-1767) After a portrait by Adám Mányoki painted around 1720 After 1734 Engraving; 428x298 mm (plate size) Signed: "Peint par de Manjoky - Gravé par Bernigeroth" Inscribed: "Theodoras Oertel auf Gautsch und Dewitz, des Raths und Baumeister auch Vorsteher der Neuen Kirche zu Leipzig. Gebohren 1659 d. 6. Febr: zu Berlin Gestorben 1734 d. 21. Octob zu Leipzig." With a landscape in the background. Leipzig, Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, inv. no.: B 165/b. 57. PETER HOHMANN VON HOHENTHAL (1663-1732) Merchant in Leipzig and son of Peter Hohmann, municipal councillor of Zennern (1625-1688) and Maria Breitschuh (fl732). He settled in Leipzig in 1674, was granted civic rights in 1694, and launched his business in 1700. The council college of Leipzig elected him in charge of the building matters of the town in 1715. He ordered some of the major constructions in early 18 thcentury Leipzig and owned several palaces in town. He acquired the greatest property within the family, ennobled by Charles VI in 1717 with the title von Hohenthal. 56.
