Elias Baeck
Elias Baeck (1679–1747) called "Heldenmuth", was a German painter and engraver from Augsburg.
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Clara, engraving from 1746.
Life
Baeck worked for some time in Rome, then in Laybach, but finally returned to Augsburg, where he died in 1747. His chief works — both in painting and engraving — were portraits and landscapes. His engravings are sometimes signed "E.B.a.H.", standing for "Elias Baeck, alias Heldenmuth".[1]
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Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Baeck, Elias". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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