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Johann Gottlieb Prestel

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WA-00289699

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1694204 DBpediaJohann_Gottlieb_Prestel

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Is PublishedPath D Subcohort4 Directory 2026-05-23· 100%✓
Wikidata IdWikidata Sitelink· 97%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%

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Tier 2 · Strong source40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Johann Gottlieb Prestel or Johann Amadeus Prestel was a German painter, draftsman, and engraver, who was considered a master of copperplate engraving.

Source: DBpedia · Trust score: 40% · Updated 16d ago

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Artworks (7)

Schepen op zee

1783 · paper

width: 198 cm, height: 149 cm

Rijksmuseum

Heilige Barbara

1783 · paper

width: 139 cm, height: 189 cm

Rijksmuseum

Kop van een jonge vrouw

1783 · intaglio printmaking technique on paper

width: 173 cm, height: 233 cm

Rijksmuseum

Venus, Amor en saters

1783 · paper

width: 253 cm, height: 368 cm

Rijksmuseum

Zelfportret

1777 · paper

height: 260 cm, width: 196 cm

Rijksmuseum

Healing of the Paralytic

1759 · Graphite and brush and brown wash, with pen and gold ink, on laid paper, laid down on off-white paper

26.4 × 19.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Kingdom of Flora

1759 · Aquatint in brown and black, with burnishing, stipple etching, etching, bordered in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper

Image/sheet: 24.4 × 43.2 cm (9 5/8 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 21 catalogued · 21 with image

Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 14 catalogued, not yet published

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Zelfportret
1777 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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