Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder (also Lancedelly; 6 February 1772 – 5 December 1831) was an Austrian lithographer.

Life

He was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo (now in northern Italy), the son of a watchmaker. He studied at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, and from 1806 at the

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in Vienna.Keil, Nora
"Lanzedelly, Joseph der Ältere"
in: '' Neue Deutsche Biographie'' Volume 13 (1982) He became interested in

lithography Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

soon after the invention of the process, and had his early watercolour portraits printed by Adolph Friedrich Kunike. Lanzedelly's work is regarded as influential in the spread of lithography in Vienna. He made

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...

prints, influenced by the work of English and particularly French engravers such as

Philibert-Louis Debucourt Philibert-Louis Debucourt, (13 February 1755 – 22 September 1832) was a French painter and engraver. Life Debucourt, was born in Paris in 1755, and became a pupil of Vien. He executed a few plates in mezzotint, such as the ''Heureuse fami ...

, and he also produced portraits. His sons Karl (1815–1865) and Joseph (1807–1879) were also lithographers.

Works

Genre prints include ''Darstellungen gesellschaftlicher Spiele'' ("Representations of social games"), on six sheets; and ''Wiener Scenen'' ("Viennese scenes"), on 12 sheets. His lithographs can be seen in Vienna at the

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and at the

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References

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