Johann Jacob Haid or Johann Jakob Haid (1704–1767) was a German engraver who worked in

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 ...

Life and works

Haid came from a German family of artists and engravers and was known for large

mezzotint Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonal ...

portraits. He worked in England, and it has been suggested that he borrowed from the work of Robert Robinson (c. 1651 – 1706), who was a popular English mezzotint engraver, painter, and stage designer. Haid also produced botanical work after (1678–1754) and with

Johann Elias Ridinger Johann Elias Ridinger (16 February 1698, Ulm – 10 April 1767, Augsburg) was a German painter, engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is considered one of the most famous German engravers of animals, particularly horses, hounds and h ...

, and worked on Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's ''"Phytanthoza iconographia"''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haid, Johann Jakob 1704 births 1767 deaths Engravers from Augsburg