Melchior Küsel

Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg) was a German engraver.

Life edit

According to Houbraken he made 24 engravings after Johann Wilhelm Baur of the Passion of Christ but also a series after Ovid.^[1]

According to the RKD, he illustrated Bibles.^[2] He was probably the brother of the engraver Mathäus Küsel. His daughter, Johanna Sibylla, married his pupil, the engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus.

References edit

^ (in Dutch) Melchior Kuszel van Augspurg mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
^ Melchior Küsel in the RKD

External links edit

Media related to Melchior Küsel at Wikimedia Commons

[Houbraken-1] (in Dutch) Melchior Kuszel van Augspurg mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature

[RKD-2] Melchior Küsel in the RKD

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