Johann Dürr (copper engraver)

Johann Dürr (* around 1600 in Augsburg ; † June 16, 1663 in Weimar ), pseudonym Augustanus , was a German engraver who worked in Thuringia in the second third of the 17th century and who participated in his work in Leipzig and at the Dresden court . There are currently 210 copper engravings by him, including numerous portraits and some landscapes, such as B. the family tree of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony with the oldest view of Johanngeorgenstadt from 1657.

His son Ernst Caspar Dürr also worked as a copper engraver, coin die cutter (in the Dresden mint ) and medalist . Another son Johann Christoph Dürr (* 1648 in Weimar; † 1684 in Weimar) was mint master in the Weimar mint and in Erfurt. His pupils also included the engravers Johann Caspar Höckner (* 1629 in Weimar) and Christian Romstet .

literature

• Frank Boblenz : Johann Dürr - on the 330th anniversary of the death of an important Weimar and Central German engraver of the Baroque era . In: Wolfenbütteler Barock-Nachrichten. Volume 2, 1993, pp. 79-87.
• Frank Boblenz: Looking for traces in the Duchess Anna Amalia Library - on the 350th anniversary of the death of Weimar copper engraver Johann Dürr (around 1600-1663) . In: Supralibros. Announcements from the Anna Amalia Bibliothek e. V. issue 14, October 2013, pp. 22-23.
• Frank Boblenz: "Through his copperplate engraving and beautiful artistic hand." On the biography of the Weimar copper engraver Johann Dürr (around 1600-1663). In: Weimar-Jena. The big city. The cultural-historical archive. Volume 6, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 241-267, ISSN  1869-7895

Web links

Commons : Johann Dürr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Johann Dürr in the directory of prints of the 17th century published in German-speaking countries