Moritz Steinla (21 August 1791 – 21 September 1858) was a German engraver.

Life

His family name was Müller; he took the name Steinla after his place of birth, near

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...

, when his work became well-known. After studying at the

Dresden Academy The Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (German ''Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden''), often abbreviated HfBK Dresden or simply HfBK, is a vocational university of visual arts located in Dresden, Germany. The present institution is the product o ...

, he went to Italy and studied with Giuseppe Longhi and

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. From about 1838 he was professor of copper engraving at the Dresden Academy. remaining in the post until 1 April 1858, the year of his death. His works include engravings based on paintings by

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and

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. Steinla died in Dresden in 1858. He had a large collection of paintings, copper engravings, coins and fossils; this mostly came into the possession of the royal collections at Dresden.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinla, Moritz 1791 births 1858 deaths People from Hildesheim German engravers 19th-century engravers Artists from Lower Saxony