Conrad Meyer (painter)

Conrad Meyer (1618 Zürich – 1689 Zürich) was a painter, engraver, and medallist[1] of Zürich.[2]

Conrad Meyer (etching)

He was a student of Matthäus Merian. He was successful as a painter of portrait and landscapes, but later specialized on copper engraving, producing more than a thousand works. He also produced the map of Switzerland by Conrad Gyger (1657) and a Planisphaerium Coeleste (1681).

His son Johannes Meyer (1655–1712) was also a painter and engraver.

  • Landscapes
  • Löntschtal (Canton of Glarus), 1655
  • Zurich in summer, ca. 1661
  • Zurich in winter, ca. 1661
  • Portraits
  • Johann Heinrich Waser, Mayor of Zurich 1652-69, 1654
  • A boy's portrait, Joseph von Orelli, 1657
  • Théodore de Bèze, 1676
  • Double portrait of the executioner Volmar and his wife, 1677
  • 1668 Portrait medal of Johann Heinrich Waser.

References
  1. Forrer, L. (1909). "Meyer, Conrad". Biographical Dictionary of Medallists. Volume IV. London: Spink & Son Ltd. p. 55.
  2. Swiss, 17th century, Born 1618, in Zurich; died 1689, in Zurich. "MEYER, Conrad (1618 - 1689), Painter, engraver". Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

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