Johan Joachim Pingel

Pingel was born in 1752 in Brandenburg, Prussia. It is not known when exactly he moved to Denmark.[2]

Pingel was granted citizenship as a master joiner (snedkermester) in Copenhagen in February 1776.[2] He was based at Store Strandstræde No. 113 from 1778 to 1795. He was then based at Østergade No. 42 from 1796 to 1806 and then Østergade No. 60. A "Cabinet-Maker' Pingel's House" in Nørregade is mentioned in 1819.[2] The present building at Nikolaj Plads 23 was also constructed for Pingel in 1800, most likely as an investment since he never seems to have lived there.[3][4]

In 1809, he began a collaboration with mechanic and clockmaker P. Stursa.[2]

In 1776, Pingel married widow Cathrine Hunderup. She died in 1792. He married Johanne Margrethe Madsen (1669–1806) on 2 July 1797. He died on 4 December 1819 and is buried at St. Peter's Church. He was survived by four of his seven children (by his second wife): Carl Wilhelm Pingel (1800–1834), Ludwig August Pingel (13 August 1803 – 1845), Augusta Henrietta Pingel (1806–1855) and Edward Ferdinand Pingel (1808–1867).[2]

Only a few of Pingel's works are known today. Many of his works incorporate mechanical installations. Secret rooms are another typical feature of his works.[2]

Pingel's works are represented in the collections of the National Museum of Denmark, Brede House, Rosenborg Castle (Reg. No. 1522, Christian VII, Room 15).[3] and the Danish Design Museum.[2]

Johan Carl Frederik Viertel (1772–1834) painted a portrait of him.[1]

• Jørgensen, Gitte (2002). Et spørgsmål om Penge(l) – et studie i muligheden i at anvende snedkerens teknik som historisk kildematerialeskriver (in Danish). Linköping University Institute of Technology. OCLC 873591777.