Daniel Woge
Daniel Woge was a German drawer and painter.
Life
He was born in Berlin and trained under Antoine Pesne before being summoned to Neustrelitz by Adolphus Frederick IV to be his court painter. He remained in the town until his death there. He mainly produced portraits of Adolphus Frederick and his family, though he did also produce altarpieces and produced drawings which others worked up for engravings. All the major museums in Mecklenburg have paintings by him in their collections - there are also some in the portrait collection at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden.In 1770 he was commissioned by Crown Prince Charles to paint a series in oils showing the Prillwitz idols. Johann Conrad Krüger produced engravings after the original paintings and these were included in the 1771 volume Die gottesdienstlichen Alterthümer der Obotriten aus dem Tempel zu Rhetra, am Tollenzer-See, co-authored by Andreas Gottlieb Masch and Woge himself
Selected works
Germany
- Portrait of the Dukes and their Sisters Kneeling in the Schlossmuseum Neustrelitz Open Air Concert, oil on canvas, 54 × 44 cm, Staatliches Museum Schwerin
- Nikolaikirche altarpiece, Friedland (Mecklenburg) Duke Adolphus Frederick IV., c. 1760, oil on canvas, 137 × 100 cm, Staatliches Museum Schwerin Duke Adolphus Frederick IV and His Sister, Staatliches Museum Schwerin A Mother's Joy, Altes Rathaus, Neubrandenburg
Sweden
The Gripsholm Castle portrait collection includes three oil on canvas works by him:Lieutenant-General Reinhold Johan von Lingen, inscribed "D. Woge pinxit Stralsund 1759", 151 × 112.5 cmKarl Gustav Strömschiöld, schwedischer Oberst, inscribed "D. Woge pinxit Stralsund 1759", 76 × 60 cm- Axel Fredrik von Fersen, 85 × 69 cm