Georg Keller (copperplate engraver)

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Georg Keller (* 1576 in Frankfurt am Main ; † around 1640 in Nuremberg ) was a German engraver , etcher , draftsman and painter .

life and work

"Coronation of Frederick V of the Palatinate as King of Bohemia", perhaps by Georg Keller (whose "Coronation of Archduke Ferdinand as King of Bohemia" served as a model).

Keller was trained in the workshops of Philipp Uffenbach (Frankfurt am Main) and Jost Amman (Nuremberg), the latter over a four-year period.

For 1603 and 1606 by the de brothers Bry in thirteen parts and more Supplements published work East Indian Travel designed Keller numerous boards, as well as for that of Georg Ridinger in 1616 Mainz published work new Architectur of Maintzischen Chur Princely Schloßbawes St: Johannespurg to Aschaffenburg the in copper-engraved histories of the Kaisersaal (coronation of Charlemagne), the bird's eye view of Johannisburg Castle (1611) and the leaflet "Die Churfürstliche Statt Aschaffenburgk" (1615). Engravings by Keller can also be found in the books published by Sigmund Feyerabend and Matthäus Merian . In addition, some landscape paintings and altar leaves in oil are ascribed to him, such as a " Magdalena " for the Collegiate Church of Obermünster in Regensburg and an " Antonius " for the Franciscan Church in Regensburg .

Keller also worked for the Thesaurus philopoliticus , a collection of cityscapes engraved in copper from the then known world, which was published from 1623 by Eberhard Kieser and Daniel Meisner (Frankfurt am Main). The library of the Strahov Monastery in Prague has a copper engraving from 1627, the “ Archduke Ferdinand's coronation as King of Bohemia”.

Georg Keller signed his works with the signature “G. Keller figuravit ”or“ GK iller fec: ”.

literature

  • Philipp Friedrich Gwinner: Art and artists in Frankfurt am Main: from the thirteenth century to the opening of the Städel'schen Kunstinstitut . Verlag Joseph Baer, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1862, ISBN 1-148-40794-4 , pp. 115-118 ( archive.org ).
  • Friedrich Mueller: The artists of all times and peoples. Verlag Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart 1860, p. 474. Digitized on Google Books.
  • Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, shape cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Fleischmann Verlag, Munich 1835, p. 91. Digitized with Information about Jost Amman on Google Books.

Web links

Commons : Georg Keller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the literature different life dates are mentioned, e.g. B. 1576 to around 1640 (Friedrich Mueller: The artists of all times and peoples and Philipp Friedrich Gwinner: Art and artists in Frankfurt am Main , see literature) or 1568 to 1634 (Heinrich Geissler: Drawing in Germany. German draftsmen 1540–1640. State Gallery Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1979).
  2. ^ A b Philipp Friedrich Gwinner: Art and Artists in Frankfurt am Main , see literature.
  3. ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon, see literature.
  4. ↑ Erich Bachmann: Aschaffenburg Palace and Pompejanum.
  5. ^ Friedrich Mueller: The artists of all times and peoples , see literature.
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver, etcher, draftsman and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1576
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1640
Place of death Nuremberg