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Augustin Heckel
Augustin Heckel (1690–1770) was a painter, watch case engraver and draughtsman and also a flower painter in watercolours and gouache. Heckel was born to a family of goldsmiths in Augsburg, Germany. His career was in England, where he came as a young man. He died on 20 August 1770 in Richmond, Surrey (now in London), where he had retired in 1746. Works Heckel's ''A West View of Richmond etc. in Surrey from the Star and Garter on the Hill'', published in 1752 and now in the British Government Art Collection, was engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder. He published two books of flower etchings of his own designs, ''The Lady's drawing book'' in 1755, and ''The Florist'' in 1759. Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum has an album of his drawings. The British Museum holds two prints by John June after Augustine Heckel: ''Harrowing the Ground'' and ''Laying the Ground smooth & even for the Rice, by a second Harrowing'', dating from about 1775. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds: Heck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Regierungsbezirk'' Schwaben with an impressive Altstadt (historical city centre). Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is the third-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich and Nuremberg) with a population of 300,000 inhabitants, with 885,000 in its metropolitan area. After Neuss, Trier, Cologne and Xanten, Augsburg is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded in 15 BC by the Romans as Augsburg#Early history, Augusta Vindelicorum, named after the Roman emperor Augustus. It was a Free Imperial City from 1276 to 1803 and the home of the patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician Fugger and Welser families that dominated European banking in the 16th century. According to Behringer, in the sixteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
