Wolfgang Kilian (1581–1662) was a German engraver and member of the Kilian family of engravers in
Augsburg
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Biography
He was the son of Bartholomaus Kilian the elder and Maria Pfeiffelmann. After his father's death in 1583 his mother remarried
Dominicus Custos
Dominicus Custos (1560–1612) was a Flemish artist, printer and copperplate engraver, who worked in the service of Emperor Rudolph II in Prague.
Dominicus was born in Antwerp, the son of Pieter Balten, and settled in Augsburg as the second h ...
and he and his brother
Lucas became his pupils.
[Wolfgang Kilian]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
From 1604–1608 he travelled in Italy and worked in Venice, Mantua, and Milan.
[ On his return he married and continued in the family workshop. He was the father of the engravers Bartholomaus the younger and ]Philipp
Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
"Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews.
Surname
* Adolf Philipp (1864 ...
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References
Sources
Wolfgang Kilian
on Artnet
External links
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1581 births
1662 deaths
Kilian family