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German artist (1652–1717)
Magdalena Fürstin
Born1652
Nuremberg, Germany
Died1717
NationalityGerman
Known forbotanical illustration

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

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.

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) She worked on the book for five years, and the copy she worked on is currently in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.

References

  1. Thunder, M. (2010-12-01). "Deserving Attention: Margaretha Helm's Designs for Embroidery in the Eighteenth Century". Journal of Design History. 23 (4): 409–427. doi:10.1093/jdh/epq031. ISSN 0952-4649.
  2. ^ "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.
  6. Desmond, Ray (2003). Great Natural History Books and Their Creators. British Library. ISBN 978-0-7123-4774-7.
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