Johann Georg Puschner
Johann Georg Puschner the Elder (baptized July 12, 1680 in Nuremberg ; buried April 21, 1749 in Nuremberg) was a German astronomer and engraver .
Puschner was born as the son of the blacksmith and armorer Michael Puschner and his wife Felizitas, née Hornung, and was baptized shortly afterwards in Nuremberg's Lorenz Church.
In 1705 he married Maria Magdalena Jenig (1680–1746) and in the same year was included as a copper engraver in the master book of the city of Nuremberg. One of his sons, who also had the first name Johann Georg, worked in the father's workshop, so it is not always possible to tell exactly from whose hand a work is.
Puschner was best known for his copperplate engravings of the city and university of Altdorf (see also Natural Depiction of Academic Life ) and the Nuremberg landscape.
He died in Nuremberg at the age of 68 and was buried in the St. Rochusfriedhof .
Copper engravings
The castle in Altdorf
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Georg Puschner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Life and work at "Astronomy in Nuremberg"
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SURNAME | Puschner, Johann Georg |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Puschner, Johann Georg the Elder (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German astronomer and engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized July 12, 1680 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
DATE OF DEATH | buried April 21, 1749 |
Place of death | Nuremberg |