Johann Georg Seiller
Johann Georg Seiller (born August 27, 1663 in Schaffhausen ; † January 12, 1740 there ) was a Swiss engraver.
Before 1690 he completed an apprenticeship in mezzotint with Philipp Kilian in Augsburg. Probably afterwards he worked as a copperplate engraver in Rome. In 1692 he married Anna Catharina Im Thurn . He made views of Swiss waterfalls and mountains as well as portraits of princes, scholars, artists, statesmen and other personalities.
Web links
Commons : Category: Johann Georg Seiller - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Johann Georg Seiller. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Holdings on Johann Georg Seiller in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
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| SURNAME | Seiller, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1740 |
| Place of death | Schaffhausen |