Elias Baeck
Illustration — Clara, engraving from 1746. Elias Baeck (1679–1747) called "Heldenmuth", was a German painter and engraver from Augsburg.
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Elias Baeck
![Matthias Buchinger, a phocomelic man, with thirteen scenes representing his performances. Engraving by L. Beger after Elias Baeck., [1714], by Elias Baeck](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0007014/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
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- Elias Baeck was born, sources differ on the date (in 1679, in 1680 and in 1681).
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- printmaker, editor, painter, copper engraver, cartographer, art dealer and printer.
- Languages
- German.
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Illustration — Clara, engraving from 1746. Elias Baeck (1679–1747) called "Heldenmuth", was a German painter and engraver from Augsburg.
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Baeck worked for some time in Rome, then in Laybach, but finally returned to Augsburg, where he died in 1747. His chief works — both in painting and engraving — were portraits and landscapes. His engravings are sometimes signed "E.B.a.H.", standing for "Elias Baeck, alias Heldenmuth".
A woman resting near a group of sheep is holding her naked child protectively in her lap. Etching by E. Beck., by Elias Baeck
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1679
Elias Baeck born at Austria.
1747
Elias Baeck died at Augsburg.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Elias Baeck alias Heldenmuth, Elias Bäck alias Heldenmuth and Elias Bäck. His recorded language was German. Recorded as printmaker, editor, painter, copper engraver and cartographer.
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