{{Short description|Norwegian painter and officer (1776–1839)}} {{Infobox person | name =Jacob Edvardsson Munch | title = | image = Self portrait, by Jacob Munch.jpg | caption = Self-portrait of Munch | birth_date = {{Birth date|1776|08|09|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Kristiania, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1839|06|10|1776|08|09|mf=yes}} | death_place = Kristiania, Norway | alma_mater = Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | spouse = Emerentze Carlsen Barclay | parents = Edvard Munch (1738-1793)<br>Petronelle Helene Krefting (1746-1810) }}
'''Jacob Edvardsson Munch''' ( 9 August 1776 – 10 June 1839) was a Norwegian military officer and painter.<ref name="Nbl"> {{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Jacob_Munch/utdypning|title=Jacob Munch|last=Falahat|first=Ann|authorlink=|work=Norsk biografisk leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref><ref>''Gyldendals store konversasjonsleksikon''</ref> thumb|250px|Coronation of Charles XIV John as king of Norway at Nidaros Cathedral ==Biography== Munch was born in Christiania, Norway. He was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1804–1806) and later Paris. His teacher was French Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David. After his studies, he worked in Italy and Germany. <ref name=nkl>{{cite web|url=https://nkl.snl.no/Jacob_Munch|title= Jacob Munch|website= Norsk Kunstnerleksikon|date= 20 February 2017|access-date=December 1, 2020}}</ref>
He painted a series of portraits of the famous people of the time. Munch was invited to Norway in 1813 by future Danish king Christian Frederik. His most notable assignment was the coronation picture of Charles XIV John as king of Norway from 1818. The coronation of Charles XIV John at Nidaros Cathedral was made on royal order. <ref name="nkl" />
Jacob Munch co-founded the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Christiania in 1818 and also worked as a teacher there. <ref name="nkl" />
==Family== Jacob was a son of inspector Edvard Munch (1738–1793) and Petronelle Helene Krefting<ref>[http://vestraat.net/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I33340&tree=IEA Family of Petronelle Helene Krefting]</ref> (1746 – 1810). He married Emerentze Carlsen Barclay (1786–1869), whose parents were Christen Carlsen Barclay and Severine Bøhme. They were the parents of Sophie Edvarda Munch, Emma Wilhelmine Munch, Nicoline Munch and Marie Fredrikke Munch.
His relatives included medical officer Christian Munch (1817–89) <ref>Jerome A. Winer. ''The Annual of Psychoanalysis'', Volume 17.</ref> and historian Peter Andreas Munch (1810-1863) as well as the famous painter Edvard Munch (1863–1944).<ref>''The Prints of Edvard Munch, Mirror of His Life: An Exhibition of Prints from the Collection of Sarah G. and Lionel C. Epstein''</ref>
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