Daniel Preissler
Daniel Preisler. Engraving by Johann Alexander Böner after Heinrich Popp
Daniel Preissler (born March 8, 1627 in Prague , † June 19, 1665 in Nuremberg ) was a German painter .
Preissler was a son of the locksmith Georg Preissler. In 1642 he apprenticed to the Dresden court painter Christian Schiebling . He then traveled through Germany and Austria and settled permanently in Nuremberg in 1652. In 1658 he painted the two wings of the large organ in the Sebaldskirche (destroyed in the Second World War) with portraits of Nuremberg musicians, scholars and clergymen and in 1660 the mission of the Holy Spirit for the hospital church .
His son Johann Daniel Preissler was also a painter in Nuremberg.
literature
- Franz Friedrich Leitschuh : Preisler, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 550.
- Karl Bosl : Bavarian biography . Regensburg 1983, p. 600 ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 ( digitized version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preissler, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1627 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1665 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |