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(1) Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt II
(b Merseburg, 1709; d Merseburg, 1778–86). He was the son of Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt I. From 1740 he worked in Prussia and contributed to the interior decoration of many of Frederick the Great’s palaces. He carried out an unfinished design by JOHANN AUGUST NAHL for the concert hall at Schloss Sanssouci (1747) and for the circular study at the Stadtschloss in Berlin (c. 1744; destr. World War II). The decoration of Frederick’s so-called Second Apartment in the New Wing of Schloss Charlottenburg (see BERLIN, §IV, 2), which Hoppenhaupt and his brother (2) Johann Christian carried out in 1747, also seems to derive from earlier designs by Nahl. Hoppenhaupt completed the decoration of the private audience room (1748) and the doors of the marble hall (1749) in Schloss Sanssouci. He is also believed to have decorated various noblemen’s palaces in Berlin, but there is no evidence of this. There is, however, positive evidence that Hoppenhaupt executed the designs of the master builder Johann Friedrich Friedel for Schloss Zerb (1748–50; destr. World War II). The decoration of the Porcelain Gallery, Cedarwood Cabinet and Bedroom (1753–5) in Mon Bijou (destr. World War II), the summer palace in Berlin of Frederick the Great’s mother, Sophie Dorothea, was also derived from Friedel’s designs. Hoppenhaupt designed some of the interiors in the Neues Palais in Potsdam (1763–9), which were executed by his brother Johann Christian (e.g. Upper Concert Room, Hunting Room, Lower Concert Room, Blue Rooms). With Nahl and Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt, Johann Michael was one of the most important craftsmen working in the Prussian Rococo style. His style is most clearly seen in 70 designs for wall decoration, ornament, furniture, clocks, stoves, coaches, sedan-chairs and coffins etched by Johann Wilhelm Meil. Hoppenhaupt’s richly ornamented coach (c. 1745; Moscow, Kremlin, Armoury), which Frederick the Great presented to the Empress Elizabeth of Russia, is one of the finest examples of the Prussian Rococo. He also designed some book illustrations and was responsible for the title pages of the complete works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, published in Berlin from 1753 to 1755, which were also reproduced by Meil. Hoppenhaupt’s designs are characterized by a somewhat awkward style that recalls the Baroque and that distinguishes it from the free-flowing styles of other designers of the Prussian Rococo. Hoppenhaupt lived in Mittelstrasse in Berlin until 1757 and there is no exact evidence of his whereabouts after this date.
Part of the Hoppenhaupt family
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