Johann Daniel Preißler (1666 - 1737)

Johann Daniel Preißler

Johann Daniel Preißler was a German painter of the late seventeenth and first third of the eighteenth centuries. He is known as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, teacher and art theorist.

Preißler created portraits, genre paintings, and drawings in the nude genre. Especially famous is his plafond depicting the apostles in the Church of St. Egidius in Nuremberg. He was also the author of many copperplate engravings, mostly portraits. His significant contribution to art was the Drawing Book, a set of rules and instructions for artists.