Johan Georg Mansfeld (1764 - 1817)

Johan Georg Mansfeld

Johan Georg Mansfeld was an Austrian painter and copper engraver.

An imperial and royal cabinet stencil maker, Johan Georg Mansfeld learned his craft from his father, Johan Ernst (1739-1796). In 1802, Mansfeld the younger turned his attention to the newly invented printing method, lithography, and later collaborated in Vienna with Johan Adam Klein, creating lithographs based on his designs. In 1815. Mansfeld established his own lithographic workshop in the city.