Valentin Daniel Preissler
Valentin Daniel Preisler, engraving by Johann Georg Sturm (1778) after Johann Justin Preissler (1762)
Valentin Daniel Preissler (born April 18, 1717 in Nuremberg ; † April 8, 1765 there ) was a German engraver.
Life
Valentin Daniel was a son of the Nuremberg painter Johann Daniel Preissler and his wife Anna Felicitas Riedner († 1743). He did an apprenticeship with Bernhard Vogel . Later he spent two years studying with his brother Johann Martin Preissler in Copenhagen. The mezzotint edition of paintings by Johann Kupetzky , begun by Vogel, was completed by Preisler after his death and published in Nuremberg in 1745.
He was married to Anna Sophia Volland.
literature
- Franz Friedrich Leitschuh : Preisler, Valentin Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 551 f.
- Karl Bosl : Bavarian biography . Regensburg 1983, p. 601 ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 ( digitized version )
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preissler, Valentin Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1717 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1765 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |