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Last Name Probst

Given Name Johann Balthasar

alt. Names J. B. B. ; J. B. Propst ;

Marriage Wolf, daughter of the art dealer Jeremias Wolf

Children

Year born 1673 in Augsburg

Year died 1750

Place of death Augsburg

Father's occupation taught by Jeremias Wolff

Relatives Augsburg publisher Georg Balthasar Probst and engraver Georg Matthäus Probst ;

Education by Jeremias Wolf (father-in-law) ;

Country of Activity Germany

Worked for Johann Jacob Scheuchzer: Physica Sacra (Augsburg 1734, volume 3) ; Johann Andreas Pfeffel the Elder (1674-1748) ;

Patronage

Collaborators draughtsman -> Johann Daniel Preißler for Scheuchzer: Physica Sacra (1732-1735) ; Johann Melchior Füssli ; Johann Daniel Preißler ; Johann Christoph Steinberger ;

Techniques topographical drawing and copperplate engraving ;

Sample(s) arthistoryreference.com/a1/56247 ; www.google.de/search?q=Johann+Balthasar+Probst&hl=de&safe=off ; www.flickr.com/photos/esmolnyakova/6722565331/ ;

Archival sources http://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/structure/2964206 ;

Published sources Hans Krauss: Berühmte Bilder (Konstanz 1984) ; AKL online ; Bénézit 11 2006: 408 ; Bryan & Stanley 1865: 602 ; Bryan & Williamson 4 1904: 161 ; Füssli 1779: 526-7 ; Lipowsky 2 1810: 24 ; Nagler 3 1836: 131 ; ThB XXVII 1933: 411 ;

other Worked in Ansbach, Bavaria. In 1724 he inherited a publishing company.

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