Johann Georg Mentzel
Johann Georg Mentzel (or Menzel , * 1677 in Leipzig , † April 3, 1743 ibid) was a German engraver .
Life and works
Mentzel was baptized on May 29, 1677. He received his training from Erasmus Andresohn . He created numerous engravings, especially portraits . Among the persons shown are the Tsarina Anna Iwanowna , the Elector Joseph Clemens of Bavaria , Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia, Field Marshal Count Flemming , August II of Poland and the Electress of Bavaria Therese Kunigunde , but also scholars such as Cesare Cremonini and Johann Heinrich Feustking . Mentzel also made book illustrations, for example for Carl Christian Schramm's Saxonia monumentis viarum illustrata from 1726 and Johann Georg Wachter's Archaeologia Nummaria from 1740. Numerous portraits of Mentzel are in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam .
Web links
- Images on www.tripota.uni-trier.de
- Picture examples on www.portrait-hille.de
- 140 sample images at the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mentzel, Johann Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Menzel, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 29, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1743 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |