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copperplate engraver, Illustrator, b. 1626 - d. 1684

Melchior Küsel (1626, Augsburg – 1684, Augsburg), was a German engraver. 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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copperplate engraver, Illustrator, b. 1626 - d. 1684

Aliases

Melchior (1) Küsel, Melchior (1626) Küsel, Melchior Küssel, Melchior Kützel

Biography

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