Caspar Merian
Caspar Merian (born February 13, 1627 in Frankfurt am Main ; † April 12, 1686 Waltha Castle, West Friesland ) was one of the most important topographical engravers and publishers of the Baroque era . He came from the Frankfurt-based branch of the Merian family in Basel .
life and work
Caspar Merian was a son and student of the engraver Matthäus Merian the Elder. Ä. (1593–1650) and his wife Maria Magdalena geb. de Bry. As an employee of his father, he worked temporarily in Paris and Nuremberg.
After the death of his father, he ran the Frankfurt publishing house together with his brother Matthäus the Elder. J. Both continued the publication of the major works started by their father, the Topographia Germaniae and the Theatrum Europaeum , and made numerous other engravings for them.
In 1672 Merian withdrew to Wertheim on medical advice . In 1677 he moved to West Friesland and joined the radical Protestant religious community of the Labadists , with whom he lived until his death. In 1685 he also had his half-sister Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), whose mother Johanna Catharina Sibylla nee. Heim and his sister's two daughters were taken to his Waltha Castle.
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 .
Web links
- Entry on Kaspar Merian in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Literature by and about Caspar Merian in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by and about Caspar Merian in VD 17 .
- Works by Caspar Merian at Zeno.org .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merian, Caspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1627 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1686 |
| Place of death | Waltha Castle, West Friesland |