Daniel Diebolt

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Daniel Diebolt , self-portrait 1653, enlarged view

Daniel Diebolt (* 1628 in Zurich ; † 1663 in Amsterdam ) was a Swiss engraver and glass painter whose work he left behind comprises only a single engraving the size of a postage stamp.

Life and reception

The only secured work by Daniel Diebolt that has been preserved in the Zurich Central Library is a small miniature copperplate engraving dated 1653 with a self-portrait. A handwritten note on the backing paper states that the artist was born in Zurich in 1628 and died in Amsterdam in 1663. Reason enough for the editor of the Swiss artist lexicon Carl Brun to include Diebolt in the Swiss artist directory.

Brun accepted Diebolt's training with the Zurich copper engraver Dietrich Meyer , but failed to provide any evidence. Brun also attributed a copper engraving portrait of the glass painter and Grand Councilor of the City of Zurich Caspar Diebolt from 1658 to the artist and suspected him to be a son of the portrayed. There are other indications in support of this assumption, such as another print of the self-portrait with the indication that it was a Zurich glass painter. Hermann Meyer reported in his cultural-historical presentation on the Swiss custom of giving windows and coats of arms from the XV. to XVII. Century , he was told that a Daniel Diebolt was informed about cracked window designs. Since he did not know a glass painter by that name, he assumed a misinterpretation of the statement Diebolt del (ineavit) . Daniel Diebolt managed to be included in the Swiss artist directories with what is probably the smallest work that has survived.

literature

  • Carl Brun: Swiss artist lexicon. Keyword Diebolt, Volume IV, 1917.
  • Biographical lexicon of Swiss art. 1998.
  • Saur: General artist lexicon . Volume 27, 2000, p. 212.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Meyer: The Swiss custom of giving windows and coats of arms from the XV. to XVII. Century: together with a list of the Zurich glass painters from 1540 and evidence of their work that still exists; a cultural history study. J. Huber, 1884, p. 239
personal data
SURNAME Diebolt, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diebold, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss glass painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1628
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH 1663
Place of death Amsterdam