Kilian (engraver)

Kilian was the name of a family dynasty of artists , engravers and publishers who worked in Augsburg from the 16th to the 18th centuries .

genealogy

The triple “Kilhase”, coat of arms of the progenitor Bartholomäus Kilian

• Bartholomäus (1548–1587 / 88), goldsmith from Silesia
  • Lucas (1579–1637), son of Bartholomäus, draftsman and engraver
  • Wolfgang (1581–1663), brother of the previous one, painter and engraver
  • Magnus, probably a brother of the previous one, painter
    • Johann (1623–1697), son of Wolfgang, goldsmith
    • Philipp (1628–1693), brother of the previous one, draftsman and engraver
    • Bartholomäus (1630–1696), brother of the previous, draftsman and engraver
      • Wolfgang Philipp (1654–1732), son of Philipp, engraver
      • Jeremias (1666–1730), brother of the previous one, engraver
        • Johann Jacob (1678–1705), son of Wolfgang Philipp, engraver
        • Marcus Philipp (1679–1715), brother of the previous one, engraver
        • Johann Friedrich (1681–1747), brother of the previous one, goldsmith and silversmith
        • Georg (1683–1745), brother of the previous, painter and engraver
        • Paul (1687–1718), brother of the previous, engraver
          • Georg Christoph (1709–1781), son of Georg, publisher and engraver
          • Philipp Andreas (1714–1759), brother of the previous one, draftsman and engraver
          • Johann (1716–1744), brother of the previous, engraver
            • Georg Martin (1739–1760), son of Philipp Andreas, copperplate engraver

Portraits

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  Lucas Kilian (1579-1637)

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  Wolfgang Kilian (1581–1663)

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  Philipp Kilian (1628–1693)

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  Bartholomäus Kilian (1630-1696)

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  Wolfgang Philipp Kilian (1654-1732)

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  Georg Kilian (1683-1745)

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  Georg Christoph Kilian (1709–1781)

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  Philipp Andreas Kilian (1714–1759)

literature

• Karl Heinrich von Heinecken : News from artists and art things . Second part. Verlag Johann Paul Krauss, Leipzig 1768, pp. 95–111 ( digitized version ).
• Joseph Heller: Practical manual for engraving collectors or lexicon of the most spoiled and popular engravers, form cutters, lithographers ETC. ETC. , 2nd edition, TO Weigel, Leipzig 1850, pp. 350–353. ( Digitized version )
• Wilhelm Schmidt :  Kilian (family) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, pp. 736-738.
• Albert Hämmerle : The Augsburg engraver family Kilian . Augsburger Buch- u. Kunstantiquariat, Augsburg 1922.
• Albert Hämmerle: Kilian, Augsburg publisher and engraver family . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 288-305 .
• Helmut Gier, Johannes Janota (ed.): Augsburg book printing and publishing. From the beginning to the present. Harrassowitz-Verlag , Wiesbaden 1997, p. 808, footnote 98 (ancestors and descendants of Philipp Andreas Kilian).

Web links

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