Johann Philip Lemke

Johann Philip Lemke, also given as Lembke or Lemcke (19 May 1631, Nuremberg - 3 April 1711, Stockholm) was a German-Swedish graphic artist, etcher and battle painter.

He spent the years 1653 to 1673 in Italy, mostly in Rome, where he came under the influence of the battle painters, Jacques Courtois and Pieter van Laer.

[1] In the 1660s, his paintings came to the attention of Eric Dahlberg and David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and, most likely upon the latter's recommendation, was called back to Sweden to become the official battle painter for King Karl XI.

Occasionally, he took on students, the best known of which is probably Carl Gustaf Tessin who, although he never became a painter, was inspired to amass a significant art collection.

[4] This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.