Melchior Küsel
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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
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