Asmus Jakob Carstens
(1754–1798) German history painter (1754–1798)
Asmus Jakob Carstens (Germany, 1754–1798) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Asmus Jakob Carstens belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Asmus Jakob Carstens was born in Schleswig and died in Rome. Asmus Jakob Carstens trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Asmus Jakob Carstens studied under Nicolaus Georg Geve.
The best-known works include ‘Bacchus and Cupid’ and ‘Fingal´s Battle with the Spirit of Loda’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 4 works by Asmus Jakob Carstens with free images. The dated works span the years 1790–1797. Works by Asmus Jakob Carstens are held by Statens Museum for Kunst, Nationalmuseum, and Berlins kopparstickskabinett.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Johann Eleazar Zeissig, Hubert Maurer, Anton Hickel, Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, and Johann Heinrich Baumann.