Jacob Gensler
Johann Jacob Gensler (21 January 1808, Hamburg - 26 January 1845, Hamburg) was a German etcher and painter; specializing in Genre art, genre scenes and landscapes. Life and work His father was a Gold plating, gold plater. He received his first drawing lessons from his older brother, Günther Gensler, Günther, as did his younger brother, . This was followed by studies with Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Wilhelm Tischbein in Eutin, then with Gerdt Hardorff and Siegfried Bendixen in Hamburg. From 1828 to 1831, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. In 1832, he was one of the founding members of the . His etchings of sailors, and illustrations for the folk ballad, "Der Edelknabe und die Müllerin" (The Noble Boy and the Miller, from ''Lieder und Bilder'', 1844) were among his most popular. After the completion of reconstruction, following the Great Fire of Hamburg, he designed the "certificates of thanks" that were presented to Prussia, Sachsen-Meiningen, Bremen, Duchy ...
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