Lucas Kilian

Lucas Kilian, engraving by Joachim von Sandrart (1683)

Lucas Kilian or Lukas Kilian (* 1579 in Augsburg ; † 1637 there ) was a German draftsman and engraver .

Life

Lucas Kilian was a son of the goldsmith Bartholomäus Kilian (1548–1587 / 88), who immigrated to Augsburg from Silesia, and his wife Maria Pfeyffelmann. He went to his stepfather, the engraver Dominicus Custos († 1612) in the apprenticeship; a half-brother of his was the Augsburg engraver and publisher Raphael Custos . Lucas Kilian toured Italy from 1601 to 1604. Then he worked for the publishing houses of his stepfather and his brother Wolfgang . In 1611 he became a member of the Greater Augsburg Council.

Lucas Kilian married the daughter Maria of the Augsburg merchant Miller in 1604 and, after her death in 1620, the daughter Magdalena of the merchant Ulrich Hartberger. He had 13 children.

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From the ABC booklet

Kilian is one of the masters of the so-called ornament stitch and is known for his Mauresque and cartilage ornament forms. Among other things, he wrote the new ABC booklet , which he dedicated to his brother-in-law the goldsmith and jeweler Melchior Gelb (1581–1654).

literature

Georg Kaspar Nagler : Kilian, Lucas . In: etc or messages from the life and works of the painter, sculptor, architect, engraver: New general artist Lexicon . tape 7 : Keyser. – Lodewyk . EA Fleischmann, Munich 1839, p. 9–12 ( books.google.de - With a directory of 90 works).
Paul Kristeller: Copper engraving and woodcut over four centuries . Bruno Cassirer, Berlin 1922, p. 448 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - In the section on Domenicus Custos).
A. Læssøe: Kilian, Kobberstikker family . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Jernbaneret – Kirkeskat . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1922, p. 847 (Danish, runeberg.org - in the family article under Lukas K.).

Albert Hämmerle : Kilian, Lucas . 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. 295-299 .

Kurt Pilz: Kilian, Lucas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 604 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Lucas Kilian - collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Lucas Kilian in the German Digital Library
Letters from the New ABC Booklet ( archive.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ Friedrich v. Zglinicki : Uroscopy in the fine arts. An art and medical historical study of the urine examination. Ernst Giebeler, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-921956-24-2 , p. 100 f.
↑ Newes ABC Büechlein . Inventory, and engraved in Kupffer, by Luca Kilian Burger in Augsburg. 1627 ( diglib.hab.de ): "the ... Mr. Melchior Gelb, Goldschmid and Jubilier in Augspurg"

personal data
SURNAME	Kilian, Lucas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German draftsman and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	1579
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	1637
Place of death	augsburg

[1] Friedrich v. Zglinicki : Uroscopy in the fine arts. An art and medical historical study of the urine examination. Ernst Giebeler, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-921956-24-2 , p. 100 f.

[2] Newes ABC Büechlein . Inventory, and engraved in Kupffer, by Luca Kilian Burger in Augsburg. 1627 ( diglib.hab.de ): "the ... Mr. Melchior Gelb, Goldschmid and Jubilier in Augspurg"