Melchior Küsel

Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg), was a German engraver.

Battle of Vezekény in 1652, (made two years later in 1654)

Biography

According to Houbraken he made 24 engravings after Johann Wilhelm Baur of the Passion of Christ, but also a series after Ovid.[1]

According to the RKD he illustrated bibles.[2] He was probably the brother of the engraver Mathäus Küsel. His daughter Johanna Sibylla married his pupil, the engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus.

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References
  1. (in Dutch) Melchior Kuszel van Augspurg mentioned in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Melchior Küsel in the RKD
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