Magdalena Fürstin

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Magdalena Fürstin
Born1652
Nuremberg, Germany
Died1717
NationalityGerman
Known forbotanical illustration

Magdalena Fürstin (1652–1717) was a German artist and hand-colourist.[1] She was from Nuremberg,[2] and was a pupil of John Fischer and Maria Sybilla Merian.[3]

Life

She was born into a middle class family and was the youngest of three daughters that they had. Her father was in the business of buying and selling art works.[4]

Legacy

Her name appears as a plate illuminator in Basilius Besler's famous codex of the plant specimens in the Garden of Eichstatt, Hortus Eystettensis: Studien zur Entstehung des Kupferstichwerks und zum Exemplar des Andrea Vendramin (or Hortus Eystettensis: Studies on the creation of the copper engraving and the copy of Andrea Vendramin)[2][5] She worked on the book for five years,[2] and the copy she worked on is currently in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.[6]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "PLAETZE\ART\HORTUS_INTERNETENSIS\hortus bambergensis". kunstlinks.de. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. ^ The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics. Printed, for R. Ackermann, by L. Harrison. 1812.
  4. ^ Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix; Willis, Frederick Charles; Vollmer, Hans (1907). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Harold B. Lee Library. Leipzig : Seemann.
  5. ^ "The Garden of Eichstatt". Issuu. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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