Johann Melchior Füssli
Johann Melchior Füssli (* 1677 in Zurich ; † 1736 there ) was a Swiss draftsman, engraver and etcher . He is best known as a draftsman and engraver of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer's illustrated Bible , for which he made more than 700 preliminary drawings.
Johann Melchior was the son of Johann Caspar Füssli and Magdalena Stutz. He learned the art of etching with Johannes Meyer in Zurich and with the electoral court engraver Samuel Blesendorf in Berlin. While still teaching, he worked on a Bible illustration.
From 1697 Füssli owned a workshop in Zurich with the associated publisher . He bought into the “Zur Meise” guild and taught David Herrliberger his skills. In 1709 he painted two panels with fish species that occur in Lake Zurich and the Limmat .
Between 1709 and 1729 he created numerous New Year's papers for Zurich societies. From 1716 to 1718 he illustrated Johann Jakob Scheuchzer's “Helvetiae historia naturalis” and in 1732 his “Investigations of the Baths in Baden”. His 753 drawings for Scheuchzer's “Physica sacra” (1731–35) are an essential contribution to the scientific book illustration of the Baroque era .
gallery
Nobility in transition: the Küssenburg (early 18th century)
Wasserkirche : Citizens Library, 1719
Lindenhof , 1742
The Uetliburg : copper engraving by David Herrliberger, after a painting by Füssli, 1714
Rathaussaal, Zurich : David Herrliberger, after a painting by Füssli, 1718
View of the city of Zurich, David Herrliberger, after a painting by Füssli, 1724
House to Trubenberg in Zollikon
Web links
- Tapan Bhattacharya: Füssli, Johann Melchior. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Matthias Vogel: Füssli, Johann Melchior. In: Sikart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Füssli, Johann Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss draftsman, engraver and eraser |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1736 |
| Place of death | Zurich |