Johann Bussemacher
Johann Bussemacher (fl. c.1580 – 1613) was a German engraver and publisher.
Life[]
Bussemacher was active as an engraver, printer and art dealer in Cologne from about 1580 to 1613. His many works include several images of saints and a striking plate of Frau Richmuth Rising up from a Trance, taken from a wall painting once in the Church of the Apostles. Variations of his signature included "Jans. Busse", "J. Bussm.", "Jo Buss", "Johan Bussemec" and "I. Busem".[1]
His name (as "Ian Bussemaker") appears on a set of 13 engravings copied from Heinrich Aldegrever's Labours of Hercules and engraved by ; Bussemacher was presumably their publisher. [2]
References[]
- ^ Bryan 1886
- ^ "The Labours of Hercules". British Museum. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
Sources[]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bussemacher, Johann". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
Categories:
- German engravers
- German printers
- German art dealers
- Artists from Cologne
- 16th-century German businesspeople
- 17th-century German businesspeople
- 1613 deaths
- Businesspeople from Cologne
- German artist stubs