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Gregorius Sickinger (1558–1631) was a
Swiss painter,
draughtsman, and engraver.
Sickinger was born in
Solothurn
Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...
. He had 5 brothers and sisters, and was re-married after the death of his first wife. Sickinger worked primarily with woodcuts often used in book illustrations. He died penniless in 1631.
There is a Gregor Sickinger street in
Fribourg
, neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne
, twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France)
, website = www.ville-fribourg.ch
, Location of , Location of ()
() ...
in his honour.
References
*''This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.''
16th-century Swiss painters
Swiss male painters
17th-century Swiss painters
1558 births
1631 deaths
People from Solothurn
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