Bodenehr, Gabriel [1673-1765]

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Gabriel Bodenehr the Elder [1673-1765]

German engraver and mapmaker of Augsburg. Son of Johann Georg Bodenehr [1631-1704] & from a family dynasty of engravers and publishers.His works include Atlas Curieux [1704] and Curioser Staats und Kriegs Theatrum [1715]. In 1717 the family took over the Augsburg publishing house of Stridbeck. Succeeded by his son Gabriel the younger. The dates ascribed to both Gabriel Bodenehrs in Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers appear erroneous.

Hans Harms : Künstler des Kartenbildes pp.60-61

Gabriel Bodenehr Kupfferstecher und Kunsthandler gebohren in Augsburg d. 8 Februar 1673 gestorben d. 21 Aug 1765

Medium : Mezzotint engraving

Size : 25 x 36.5 cms

Date of publication : 1765

Engraver / publisher : Gabriel Bodenehr the Younger 1765, after a previous similar portrait engraving dated 1734, when sitter was aged 61.

Source : After an original painting by J M Lichtenreuther 1730.

 
 
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