Johann Christoph Sysang

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Johann Christoph Sysang (born May 20, 1703 in Leipzig ; † July 12, 1757 there ) was a German engraver .

Life

Johann Christoph Sysang's father was an art turner, with whom he first learned his craft. But then he apprenticed to the Leipzig copper engraver Martin Bernigeroth (1670–1733) and took over his technique.

In 1724 he went on a journey . The first station was Halle , where he worked as a copper engraver at the university . He came to Prague via Dresden . He stayed here from 1730 to 1735. In Prague he mainly created engravings of images of saints .

He came back to Leipzig via Dresden. Here he developed into a sought-after engraver. He created portraits of princes, statesmen, doctors, lawyers and theologians. From 1741 to 1754 he contributed vignettes to the universal encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler (1706–1751) . From 1751 to 1754 he also worked for Johann Christoph Gottsched's (1700–1766) monthly “The latest from graceful erudition”. He also provided the illustrations for Christoph Otto von Schönaich's (1725–1807) heroic poem “Hermann or Das Liberite Deutschland”. House and town views can also be found under his engravings.

He must have married during his first stay in Dresden or before, because his daughter Johanna Dorothea (1729–1791) was born here on April 7, 1729, who was also a copperplate engraver and learned the trade from her father.

literature

  • Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 . P. 585

Web links

Commons : Johann Christoph Sysang  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Several images in the Leipzig City History Museum. Retrieved April 13, 2015 .
  2. ^ Johanna Dorothea Sysang. In: Stadtwiki Dresden. Retrieved April 2, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Sysang, Johann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1703
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1757
Place of death Leipzig