Johann Georg Puschner

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Johann Georg Puschner the Elder (baptized July 12, 1680 in Nuremberg ; buried April 21, 1749 in Nuremberg) was a German astronomer and engraver .

Puschner was born as the son of the blacksmith and armorer Michael Puschner and his wife Felizitas, née Hornung, and was baptized shortly afterwards in Nuremberg's Lorenz Church.

In 1705 he married Maria Magdalena Jenig (1680–1746) and in the same year was included as a copper engraver in the master book of the city of Nuremberg. One of his sons, who also had the first name Johann Georg, worked in the father's workshop, so it is not always possible to tell exactly from whose hand a work is.

Puschner was best known for his copperplate engravings of the city and university of Altdorf (see also Natural Depiction of Academic Life ) and the Nuremberg landscape.

He died in Nuremberg at the age of 68 and was buried in the St. Rochusfriedhof .

Copper engravings

  • "The hardworking student"

  • "The Ruffing Student"

  • "The drinking student"

  • "Dendrono - the student getting a doctorate"

  • "Dendrono - The Dancing Student"

  • "Dendrono - The fencing student"

  • "Dendrono - the scuffing student"

  • "Dendrono - The quietly withdrawing student"

  • "Dendrono - The Desperate Student"

  • The castle in Altdorf

  • The Laurentius Church in Altdorf

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SURNAME Puschner, Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Puschner, Johann Georg the Elder (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH baptized July 12, 1680
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH buried April 21, 1749
Place of death Nuremberg