Johann Martin Preissler
Johann Martin Preissler , also Preißler , Preisler (born March 14, 1715 in Nuremberg , † November 17, 1794 in Lyngby ) was a German engraver .
Life
Johann Martin Preissler came from a Nuremberg family of painters and engravers who had immigrated from Bohemia . His father was the painter Johann Daniel Preissler , who trained him together with his older brother Georg Martin Preissler in Nuremberg. From 1739 to 1744 he worked for Laurent Cars (1699–1771) in Paris , also at the gallery of Versailles Palace . From 1744 Johann Martin Preissler worked as court engraver at the royal court of Copenhagen . In Copenhagen he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1750 and held the title of Royal Danish Judicial Council. He was buried in the Christian church in Copenhagen, then still called Frederiks Tyske Kirke .
Johann Martin married Anna Sophia Schuckmann (1720–1800) in 1748, daughter of a Rostock professor of medicine. His son Johann Georg was also an engraver.
literature
- Friedrich Leitschuh: Preisler, Daniel [family article] . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 550-552.
- FJ Meier: Preisler, Johan Martin . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 13 : Pelli – Reravius . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1899, p. 280-281 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Johann Martin Preissler . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 374 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler: New general artist lexicon, or, news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, shape cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Schwarzenberg & Schumann ( google.de [accessed on August 28, 2018]).
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SURNAME | Preissler, Johann Martin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Preißler, Johann Martin; Preisler, Johann Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1715 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1794 |
Place of death | Lyngby |