Bernhard Vogel (copperplate engraver)
Bernhard Vogel, engraving by his son Johann Christoph after George Desmarées
Bernhard Vogel (* 1683 in Nuremberg ; † 1737 there ) was a German engraver.
Bernhard Vogel apprenticed to Christoph Weigel and Elias Christoph Heiß , whose daughter he married, and learned the mezzotint from them . So he created a number of portraits, e.g. B. from his father and his teachers. His main work is the collection " Joh. Kupetzky incomparabilis artificis imagines et picturae aliquot antehac arte quam vocant nigra aeri incisae a B. Vogelio jam vero similiter continuatae opera et sumptibus Vogel D. Preissleri Chalcographi".
His son Johann Christoph Vogel († 1750) also became a copper engraver.
literature
- Paul Johannes Rée : Bernhard Vogel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 96 f.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vogel, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1683 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1737 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |