Johanna Dorothea Sysang
Sysang was born on April 7, 1729 in Dresden, Germany. Sysang died on March 2, 1791 in Leipzig, Germany. Her work is in the Nationalmuseum, the New York Public Library, the Rijksmuseum and the Royal Collection Trust.
Johanna Dorothea Sysang
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- Name
- Johanna Dorothea Sysang
- Born
- April 7, 1729
- Birthplace
- Dresden, Germany
- Died
- March 2, 1791
- Place of death
- Leipzig, Germany
- Field
- Engraving and illustration Johanna Dorothea Sysang (1729-1791) was a German engraver.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- engraver · etcher · illustrator
- Languages
- German
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Sysang was born on April 7, 1729 in Dresden, Germany. Sysang died on March 2, 1791 in Leipzig, Germany. Her work is in the Nationalmuseum, the New York Public Library, the Rijksmuseum and the Royal Collection Trust.
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• Name — Johanna Dorothea Sysang • Born — April 7, 1729 • Birthplace — Dresden, Germany • Died — March 2, 1791 • Place of death — Leipzig, Germany • Field — Engraving and illustration Johanna Dorothea Sysang (1729-1791) was a German engraver.
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• Illustration — Encyclopedische voorstelling van fossielen, geometrie, ijskristallen en ovens • Illustration — Portret van Johann Friedrich Jugler • Illustration — Portret van E. Wolke
Identificatie Titel(s): Encyclopedische voorstelling van dieren
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Identificatie Titel(s): Encyclopedische voorstelling van fossielen, geometrie, ijskristallen en ovens
Rijksmuseum
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1729
Johanna Dorothea Sysang born at Dresden.
1791
Johanna Dorothea Sysang died at Leipzig.
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- 1.Johanna Dorotea Sysang. Nationalmuseum.
- 2.Library acquires rare book on natural history. William & Mary Libraries. 5 January 2017.
- 3.Sysang, Johanna Dorothea. Deutsche Biographie.
- 4.Carl Gustav Tessin (1695-1770), greve, diplomat, hovman, konstsamlare, g.m. Ulrika Lovisa Sparre af Sundby. Nationalmuseum.
- 5.The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf. Music Division.
- 6.Portret van August II de Jongere, hertog van Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Rijksmuseum.
- 7.Johanna Dorothea Sysang (1729-1791) - Moritz Furst zu Anhalt. Royal Collection Trust.
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Johanna Dorothea Sysang is recorded as engraver, etcher and illustrator. A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Lyrische, elegische und epische Poesien
Jacob Boswells, Esq
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