Johann Bussemacher (fl. c.1580 – 1613) was a German engraver and publisher. Bussemacher was active as an
engraver,
printer
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, and
art dealer
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in
Cologne
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from about 1580 to 1613. His many works include several images of saints and a striking plate of ''Frau Richmuth Rising up from a Terace'', taken from a roof painting once in the
Basilica of the Holy Apostles, Cologne Church of the Apples.
His name (as "Ian Bussemaker") appears on a set of 13 engravings copied from
Heinrich Aldegrever
Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf (1502–1555, 1558 or 1561) was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer.
Biography
Pain ...
's ''Labours of Hercules'' and engraved by
Pieter Maes; Bussemaher was presumably their publisher.
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German engravers
German printers
German art dealers
Artists from Cologne
16th-century German businesspeople
17th-century German businesspeople
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Year of birth uncertain
1613 deaths
Businesspeople from Cologne