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Matthäus Merian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Matthias Merian, Matthaus I Merian, Matthew Merian, Vom alten Merian, Matthaus, I Merian, Matthäus Merian the Elder, Matthaeus Merian, Von alten Merian
Swiss-born engraver, publisher (1593–1650)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthäus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Basel
- Place of death
- Bad Schwalbach
- Child
- Caspar Merian
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Theatrum Europaeum
- Field of work
- book illustration
- Movement
- Baroque
- Image
- MatthaeusMerian.jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt
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- Commons category
- Matthäus Merian
- date of birth
- 1593-09-25
- date of death
- 1650-01-19
- Commons gallery
- Matthäus Merian
- Commons Creator page
- Matthäus Merian
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- P6482
- Matthäus Merian
- floruit
- 1674-01-01
- name in native language
- Matthäus Merian der Ältere
- start of work period
- 1608-01-01
- end of work period
- 1650-01-01
- relative
- Maria Sibylla Merian
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Basel
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Encyclopedic overview
Engraving of Matthäus Merian by Joachim von Sandrart Frankfurt c. 1612; engraving by Matthäus Merian The castle and the town of Regensberg in Topographia Helvetiae, c. 1650 Gustav II Adolf in Polish 'delia' coat, painting by Matthäus Merian, 1632 Alchemical illustration, Musaeum Hermeticum, 1678 Discursus XXXI, Epigramma XXXI, from Atalanta Fugiens, 1618 Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthäus Merian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.