Andrzej Stech

Andreas Stech (September 9, 1635 – January 12, 1697) was a Baroque painter.

Andreas Stech
Self-portrait. circa 1675
Born	Andreas Stech (1635-09-09)9 September 1635 Stolp, Duchy of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empire (modern Słupsk, Poland)
Died	12 January 1697(1697-01-12) (aged 61) Danzig, (Gdańsk)
Known for	Painting
Movement	Baroque
Spouse(s)	Adelgunde Wulf

Stech was born in Stolp (Słupsk), the son of Heinrich Stech a painter from Lübeck.[1] He was of Lutheran faith.[2] In 1636, together with his family he moved to Danzig (Gdańsk). It is most likely that he was taught by his father; from 1653, by his father-in-law Adolf Boy (1612-1683). In 1658, he married the widow of the painter August Ranisch. After the death of his first wife, he married Adelgunde, the daughter of Nicias Wulf.[3] He had five children from his first marriage, and four from his second. In 1662, he became the Master Artisan on the basis of his artwork: The Calling of St. Andrew and Croesus throwing himself in the fire. In 1667, he received Danzig citizenship.[4] In 1673, he became a juror. From 1677, he worked for King John III Sobieski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. His brother was also a painter.[5]

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  Portrait of Heinrich Schwarzwaldt
  (1682)
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  Portrait of a Patrician Lady from Danzig
  (1685)
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  Portrait of a townsman from Danzig
  (1675)
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  Portrait of Zasławski-Ostrogski
  (1670)