Ignaz Alberti
Ignaz Alberti (born April 11, 1760 in Vienna ; † August 31, 1794 ibid) was an Austrian draftsman, engraver and printer.
Life
Ignaz Alberti received his training from Jacob Matthias Schmutzer . He founded a publishing house in Vienna, which in 1787 had around 20 engravers working on cartographic and botanical works. Like Mozart, Alberti was a member of the Masonic lodge Zur Crowned Hope and designed the frontispiece of his Magic Flute with many Masonic symbols.
After Alberti's death, his wife Anna Newather (1761–1802) took over the publishing house. She issued a New Testament in 1796 , which was put on the index by the Catholic Church .
Johann Alexander Brambilla , engraving after Christian Vinazer (1783)
High
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literature
- Johanna Senigl: Ignaz Alberti, privil. Printer, bookseller and acad. Engraver. Including bibliography of his life's work . In: Mitteilungen der Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum 49 (2001), no. 3–4, Salzburg, November 2001, pp. 102–125
- Anton Mayer: Vienna's book printer history 1482-1882 . Vol. 2, Vienna 1887, pp. 131 ff.
Web links
- Works by and about Ignaz Alberti in the German Digital Library
- Ignaz Alberti in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Alberti, Ignaz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian draftsman, engraver and printer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1760 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1794 |
Place of death | Vienna |