Wilhelm Schwan (copper engraver)
Wilhelm Schwan was a German engraver who can be found in Braunschweig in the 17th century .
Life
The activity of Wilhelm Schwan as an engraver can be proven especially in Braunschweig for the period from 1621 to 1643, the time of the Thirty Years War .
Famous works
- "Brass plaque, probably part of an epitaph of a Braunschweig citizen", owned by the City Museum in Braunschweig
- around 1621: Epitaph of Johann Kammann the Elder Ä. , Brass plaque in collaboration with Anton Wyse , in the holdings of the Städtisches Museum in Braunschweig, exhibited in the Braunschweig old town hall
- 1629: Tableau de la vie humaine , owned by the French National Library
- around 1640: Copper engraving by Georg, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg , signed Wilh. swan
- around 1647: Copper engraving with a view of Adendorf
literature
- General dictionary of artists , bio-bibliographical index. Volume 9, 2000.
- Swan, Wilhem . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 352 .
Web links
Commons : Wilhelm Schwan - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Search in the Virtual Kupferstichkabinett (enter Wilhelm Schwan in the search field)
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Bracht: Wilhelm Schwan in the picture index of art and architecture, photo Marburg .
- ↑ a b Sabine Wehking : DI 56, No. 770 (†) . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di056g009k0077002 ( inschriften.net ).
- ^ Sabine Wehking: DI 56, No. 989 † . urn : nbn: de: 0238-di056g009k0098901 ( inschriften.net ).
- ^ Wilhelm Schwan, engraver on europeana .eu
- ↑ Ulrich Picht: Community of Adendorf / Past and Present ( Memento from October 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on November 13, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swan, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwan, Wilh. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th century or 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century or 18th century |