Elias Baeck

Elias Baeck (1679–1747) called "Heldenmuth", was a German painter and engraver from Augsburg.

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]

References
  1. Bryan 1886.

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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