Matthias Pfenninger

Schinznach , forest part

Matthias Pfenninger (* 1739 in Zurich ; † February 12, 1813 there ) was a Swiss draftsman and engraver .

Life

Matthias Pfenninger became a pupil with Johann Rudolf Holzhalb in Zurich around 1757 , then with Emanuel Eichel in Augsburg . After his apprenticeship he went to Paris , where he made copper engravings for Philipp Jakob Loutherbourg the Elder and Christian von Mechel .

After returning to Switzerland, he created views of Swiss landmarks for Johann Ludwig Aberli and the Bernese printer and publisher Abraham Wagner. After 1770 he created copperplate engravings with views and portraits of well-known people as a freelance artist.

literature

• Pfenninger, Matthias . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932.
• Georg Kaspar Nagler : Pfenninger, Matthias. In: New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, form cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, etc. Vol. 11, p. 213 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Matthias Pfenninger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pfenninger, Matthias. In: Sikart
• Matthias Pfenninger: Coastal Landscape and Vue de la Ville de St. Gal. In: Antiquariat August Laube: Catalog 2014, p. 28 u. 34 (PDF pages 15 and 18; online ; PDF;).
• Matthias Pfenninger: Behind Hoff to Baden. In: Antiquariat August Laube: Catalog 2016, p. 76 ( online ; PDF;).