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

Ferdinand Bol (1616 - 1680)
Ferdinand Bol
1616 - 1680
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639 - 1709)
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
1639 - 1709
Abraham van Beijeren (1620 - 1690)
Abraham van Beijeren
1620 - 1690
Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604 - 1667)
Christiaen van Couwenbergh
1604 - 1667
Jan Adriensz van Staveren (1613 - 1669)
Jan Adriensz van Staveren
1613 - 1669
Balthasar Moncornet (1600 - 1668)
Balthasar Moncornet
1600 - 1668
Carlo Saraceni (1579 - 1620)
Carlo Saraceni
1579 - 1620
Lucas Kilian (1579 - 1637)
Lucas Kilian
1579 - 1637
Leonhard Kern (1588 - 1662)
Leonhard Kern
1588 - 1662
Giuseppe Vicenzino (1662 - 1700)
Giuseppe Vicenzino
1662 - 1700
Hallé Claude-Guy (1652 - 1736)
Hallé Claude-Guy
1652 - 1736
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - 1680)
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
1606 - 1680
Giulia Elisabetta Lama (1681 - 1747)
Giulia Elisabetta Lama
1681 - 1747
Johannes Wierix (1549 - 1620)
Johannes Wierix
1549 - 1620
Louis Simon Tiersonnier (1713 - 1772)
Louis Simon Tiersonnier
1713 - 1772
Pier Francesco Cittadini (1616 - 1681)
Pier Francesco Cittadini
1616 - 1681