Johann Balthasar Probst
Johann Balthasar Probst (* 1673 in Augsburg ; † December 1750 there ) was a German engraver .
Life
Johann Balthasar Probst was a pupil of the Augsburg engraver and publisher Jeremias Wolff , whose daughter he married. After the death of his father-in-law he continued to run the publishing house '; later his sons, including Johann Friedrich Probst , under the company Jeremias Wolff Erben . Johann Balthasar was buried in Augsburg on December 13, 1750.
He mainly made copper engravings based on painted portraits, but also ornamental engravings. His illustrations for Cupid, who was indeed fiercely inflamed, but who would be hidden and triumphant over Pantalon's supervision, were employed by clever dreamers in a competition. Or Arlechin the living painting and ridiculous Cupid. (1729).
Works
- Amor vehementer quidem flagrans; artificiose tamen celatus, de Pantalonis custodiaque triumphans, intentato certamine prudentum stultorum. Sive Arlechin viva pictura ridiculusque Cupido. = Cupid, though strongly inflamed / but in the future hidden and triumphant over Pantalon's supervision, with clever dreamers employed in the competition. Or Arlechin the living painting and ridiculous Cupid. Augsburg 1729
literature
- Probst, Johann Balthasar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 411 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt Jolig: Dutch influences in German cartography, especially in the 18th century. Geological pamphlets , Vol. 1-19, Leipzig 1903, p. 50.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Probst, Johann Balthasar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1673 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1750 |
| Place of death | augsburg |