Johann Gottlieb Prestel

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Self-portrait by Johann Gottlieb Prestel
Ruins of the Temple of Poseidon in Paestum

Johann Gottlieb Prestel , also Johann Amadeus Prestel (born November 18, 1739 in Grönenbach , † October 5, 1808 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German engraver and painter .

After only a very short schooling, Prestel started an apprenticeship with a carpenter in his hometown. Already during his apprenticeship he distinguished himself through his artistic skills. As a journeyman he went on the obligatory “waltz” and came to Venice in 1760 at the age of 21 .

There he made the acquaintance of Giuseppe Nogari , who accepted him as a student. Prestel later switched to Jacques Wagner on Nogari's recommendation . From 1767 to 1770 Prestel lived and worked in Rome . There he studied (and copied) mostly the masters of antiquity; but he was also influenced by the works of Pompeo Batoni .

In the spring of 1770 Prestel returned to Germany and settled in Nuremberg as a freelance painter . In 1775 he accepted Johann Caspar Lavater's offer and went to Zurich to do various commissioned works, mostly portraits.

Prestel later returned to Nuremberg, where he reproduced hand drawings by famous masters as copperplate engravings and later also in color. Its strength and importance lie less in its own creativity than in these replicas.

Prestel was with the graphic artist Maria Katharina Prestel , born in Nuremberg . Höll (* Nuremberg 1747; † London 1794) married, with whom he created extensive portfolios with reproductions of master drawings.

In 1793 Prestel went to Frankfurt am Main and died there at the age of almost 69 on October 5, 1808.

Works (selection)

  • Schmidtsche Kabinett (30 sheets, 1779)
  • Braunsche Kabinett (48 sheets, 1780)
  • Small cabinet (36 sheets, 1782)

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personal data
SURNAME Prestel, Johann Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prestel, Johann Amadeus; Prestel, Johann Theophil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH Groenenbach
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1808
Place of death Frankfurt am Main