Johann Friedrich Probst (copperplate engraver)
Johann Friedrich Probst (* 1721 in Augsburg ; † 1781 ibid) was a German engraver , publisher and editor .
Life
Johann Friedrich Probst was the son of the engraver and publisher Johann Balthasar Probst and the grandson of Jeremias Wolff . Probst created numerous of his own works, which he also sold himself. Also cityscapes and several maps of his grandfather were among them.
Well-known works (selection)
- Probst created based on
templates by the engraver Friedrich Bernhard Werner
- a city view of Nuremberg , published by Probst and Jeremias Wolffs Erben;
- a cityscape of Hanover originally engraved by Werner around 1730 . The view engraved by Probst after Werner was then again used around 1785 by at least one other engraver as a template for a relatively narrow re-engraving in which, on the other hand, all heights were reproduced exaggerated.
literature
- CG Müller, 1791, p. 76
- Michael Ritter in: Cartographia Helvetica , issue 25, 2002, p. 4
Web links
Commons : Johann Friedrich Probst - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Manfred H. Grieb (Ed.): Probst, Johann Friedrich , in: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Visual artists, artisans, scholars, collectors, cultural workers and patrons from the 12th to the middle of the 20th century , Vol. 3: Biographische Artikel PF - Z , Munich: Saur, 2007, p. 1177; online through google books
- ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
- ^ Franz Rudolf Zankl : View of Hanover from the west. Engraving after FB Werner. Around 1785 , in the reverse. (Ed.): Hannover Archive , sheet S 15
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Probst, Johann Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1721 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
DATE OF DEATH | 1781 |
Place of death | augsburg |