Wolfgang Philipp Kilian

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian, engraving by Georg Christoph Kilian

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian (born May 1, 1654 in Augsburg , † April 3, 1732 in Königsberg ) was a German engraver who came from the Kilians family dynasty .

Life

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian was a son of the Augsburg copper engraver Philipp Kilian (1628–1692) and his wife Susanne, daughter of the art publisher Elias Lotter. He was a draftsman and engraver in Augsburg, Nuremberg and Königsberg. He had a brother Jeremias Kilian († 1730) who was also a copperplate engraver and, among other things, a portrait of King Friedrich III. from Denmark.

He had several sons:

Max Philipp Kilian († 1714, aged 41, engraver)
Johann Jakob Kilian (1678–1705, engraver)
Johann Friedrich Kilian (1682–1747, goldsmith)
Georg Kilian (1683–1745, painter and engraver), the father of Philipp Andreas Kilian (1714–1759).
Paul Kilian (1687–1718, engraver)

W. Ph. Kilian, death here March 17, 1732
Portrait of Hubert van Giffen , engraving by Kilian with the short signature "WPK"
Portrait of Johann Wolfgang Textor , engraving by Kilian with signature "WPKilian"

literature

Wilhelm Schmidt : Kilian (family) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 737 f.
Albert Hämmerle : Kilian, Wolfgang Philipp . 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. 305 .
Kurt Pilz: Kilian, Philipp Andreas. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , pp. 604 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Philipp Kilian - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Wolfgang Philipp Kilian in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : Kilian, Wolfgang Philipp . 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. 15 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Kilian, Wolfgang Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engraver
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1654
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	April 3, 1732
Place of death	Koenigsberg

[1] Georg Kaspar Nagler : Kilian, Wolfgang Philipp . 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. 15 ( books.google.de ).