Johann Georg Schmidt (23 August 1694,

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ...

- 15 March 1767,

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) was a German engraver.

Life and work

Schmidt came from Augsburg and first worked in

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and then the studio of

Johann Georg Beck Johann Georg Beck or Johann Georg Baek (24 April 1676 in Augsburg – 7 August 1722 in Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, ...

, also from Augsburg. After Beck died in 1722, Schmidt married his widow Anna Elisabeth (née Füllekrug), took over his studio and received the title of court-engraver. Schmidt trained his master's son Anton August in this studio. Schmidt and Beck mostly made portraits of the

ischen clergy and court figures, though his works' were of lower quality than his predecessor and his son.Horst-Rüdiger Jarck (Hrsg.): ''Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 8. bis 18. Jahrhundert'', Braunschweig 2006, S. 624 After his death in 1767, his stepson Anton August Beck took over his birth-father's business and successfully led it until he died in 1787.

Bibliography

* Horst-Rüdiger Jarck (Hrsg.): ''Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 8. bis 18. Jahrhundert'', Braunschweig 2006 * Gerd Spies (Hrsg.): ''Braunschweig – Das Bild der Stadt in 900 Jahren. Geschichte und Ansichten'', Band 2, Braunschweig 1985

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt 1694 births 1767 deaths Engravers from Augsburg