Martin Engelbrecht (1684 - 1756)

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Martin Engelbrecht

Martin Engelbrecht was a German Baroque painter and engraver, publisher, and inventor of the first miniature dioramas.

Martin and his brother Christian were skilled printers and engravers in Augsburg, Germany in the 18th century. Martin's works include illustrations for Ovid's Metamorphoses, The War of the Spanish Succession, P. Dekker's Les Architectes Princiers, 92 views of Venice, and the Assemblage Nouveau Des Manouvries Habilles, a series of engravings depicting laborers and their clothing, published in Augsburg around 1730.

Also around 1730. Martin Engelbrecht created maps for miniature theaters, which, inserted into a display box, showed religious scenes and pictures of everyday life in three-dimensional perspective. He devoted an entire series to Italian theater. These miniature theaters or Engelbrecht dioramas are considered the earliest paper theaters in history, and they became very popular in the 18th century as a means of home entertainment. Engelbrecht is known to have created at least forty-one sets of miniature theater dioramas.

Date and place of birt:16 september 1684, Augsburg (Schwaben), Germany
Date and place of death:18 january 1756, Germany
Period of activity: XVIII century
Specialization:Artist, Engraver, Inventor, Publisher
Genre:Genre art, History painting, Portrait, Religious genre
Art style:Baroque

Creators Baroque

Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter (1604 - 1653)
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Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp (1612 - 1652)
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Camillo Rusconi (1658 - 1728)
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Ippolito Galantini (1627 - 1706)
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Giovanni Marchiori (1696 - 1778)
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1696 - 1778
Willem van Mieris (1662 - 1747)
Willem van Mieris
1662 - 1747
Antonio Rossi (1700 - 1753)
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1700 - 1753
Johann Heinrich Roos (1631 - 1685)
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1631 - 1685
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824 - 1887)
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John Verelst (1648 - 1734)
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Florent Willems (1823 - 1905)
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Jacob Levecq (1634 - 1675)
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Cornelis Matthieu (XVII century - XVII century)
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Caspar Netscher (1639 - 1684)
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Juste d'Egmont (1601 - 1674)
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Willem Flessiers (1627 - 1670)
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