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Salomon Gessner
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Swiss painter, etcher and poet (1730-1788)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Gessners Werke : Auswahl, aus : Deutsche National-Litteratur
- Idyllen / Frühe Gedichte / Evander und Alcimna
- Tod Abels
- Idyllen
- Evander und Alcimna
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1896-07-23
- Active to
- 1987-06-23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,341x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,798x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,739x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,222x
- Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer
· 2013 · cited 8,705x
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Quotes
- “Es ist doch den Mädchen wie angeboren, dass sie allem gefallen wollen, was nur Augen hat.”
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Key facts
- Born
- 1 April 1730, Zurich
- Died
- 2 March 1788 (aged 57), Zürich
- Known for
- Painting , Poetry
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Anton Graff Salomon Gessner.jpg
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- Commons category
- Salomon Gessner
- date of birth
- 1730-00-00
- date of death
- 1788-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Salomon Gessner
- name in native language
- Salomon Gessner
- P8168
- Half-pay
- P12749
- Hermann Fegelein
Sources (7)
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Salomon Gessner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Leda and the Swan
The Night
Ideal Landscape (?)
Gulliver in the realm of the Dwarves of Lilliput
Ideal Landscape
Gulliver in the realm of the giants of Brobdingnag
Idylle in the forest
Ideal Landscape with Milon and Chloe
Idylle in the Alps
Tree Landscape with Sheep herd and Large Faunherme
Wooded hill crowned by the river with antique temple
Washing woman at the creek with farmer at the entrance to the forest
Landscape with Chloë by the Well
Satyr and Faun sitting on a tree trunk
Seeing Melida on the lonely island by her herd of sheep
Musical trio on a rock on the water in the forest
Milon and his companion at the Weibe Damon by the Well
Forested hill with ancient castle by the river with arch bridge
The children Mirtil and Chloe greet their father Menalka rising from the hospital camp
A figure tradesman talks to two girls
A nymph tracked by a faun is carried across the river by Tritonen
Eagle plunges on Ganymed
Chloe beating singer Milon
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Article
Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
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