Melchior Küsel
Illustration — Battle of Vezekény in 1652 (made in 1654) Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg) was a German engraver.
Also recorded as Melchior Küsell · Melchior, I Küsel · Melchior Küsel I · Melchior Küssel
Melchior Küsel
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- Born
- 1626 · Augsburg.
- Died
- 1684 · Augsburg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- printmaker · copper engraver · artist · publisher
- Languages
- Dutch · German
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Illustration — Battle of Vezekény in 1652 (made in 1654) Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg) was a German engraver.
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Johann Ulrich Kraus is recorded as having studied under Melchior Küsel. The recorded working language is Dutch and German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Augsburg, Munich and Frankfurt. Work by Melchior Küsel is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Print Collection and Musea Brugge.
According to Houbraken he made 24 engravings after Johann Wilhelm Baur of the Passion of Christ but also a series after Ovid. According to the RKD, he illustrated Bibles. He was probably the brother of the engraver Mathäus Küsel. His daughter, Johanna Sibylla, married his pupil, the engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus.
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1626
Melchior Küsel born at Augsburg.
1684
Melchior Küsel died at Augsburg.
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