Johannes Meyer the Younger

Johannes Meyer (born June 11, 1655 in Zurich ; † September 1, 1712 there ) was a Swiss draftsman , painter , engraver and etcher .

Career

Johannes Meyer was a member of the Zurich artist family Meyer, son and pupil of the painter and etcher Conrad Meyer (born October 3, 1618 in Zurich; † January 15, 1689 ibid) and nephew of the painter and etcher Rudolf Meyer (born June 12, 1605 in Zurich ; † August 15, 1638 ibid). Johannes Meyer pricked and etched mainly military and biblical scenes, vedutas , New Year's sheets and allegorical depictions of months and seasons . In addition, he created portraits of contemporary personalities as well as copperplate engravings for the German Academie of Noble Building, Image and Mahlerey Arts of Joachim von Sandrart, which was created between 1675 and 1679 . One of his main works is a map of the canton of Zurich, engraved after Hans Conrad Gyger in 1685. He also worked as a portrait painter.

literature

• Johannes Meyer the Younger . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 481 .
• Renate Treydel: Johannes Meyer . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 89, de Gruyter, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-023255-4 , p. 263.

Web links

Commons : Johannes Meyer the younger  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Johannes Meyer in: SIKART Lexicon on Art in Switzerland
• Tapan Bhattacharya: Johannes Meyer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 10, 2009 , accessed August 19, 2020 .
• Holdings on Johannes Meyer in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern