Melchior Küsel
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Battle of Vezekény in 1652, (made two years later in 1654)
Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg), was a German engraver.
Biography
According to Houbraken he made 24 engravings after Johann Wilhelm Baur of the Passion of Christ, but also a series after Ovid.[1] [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.
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References
- 1 2 (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
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