Samuel Amsler

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Samuel Amsler

Samuel Amsler (17 December 1791 - 18 May 1849), Swiss engraver, was born at Schinznach, in the canton of Aargau. He studied his art under Johan Heinrich Lips (1758–1817) and Karl Ernst Hess, at Munich, and from 1816 pursued it in Italy, and chiefly at Rome, till in 1829 he succeeded his former master Hess as professor of engraving in the Munich academy. The works he designed and engraved are remarkable for the grace of the figures, and for the wonderful skill with which he retains and expresses the characteristics of the original paintings and statues. He was a passionate admirer of Raphael, and had great success in reproducing his works. Amsler's principal engravings are: The Triumphal March of Alexander the Great, and a full-length Christ, after the sculptures of Thorwaldsen and Dannecker; the Entombment of Christ, and two Madonnas after Raphael; and the Union between Religion and the Arts, after Overbeck, his last work, on which he spent six years.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Amsler, Samuel". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56883267 LCCN: no97074757 ISNI: 0000 0001 0904 6505 GND: 116010991 BNF: cb149683306 HDS: 22130

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Name	Amsler, Samuel
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Short description	Swiss engraver
Date of birth	17 December 1791
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Date of death	18 May 1849
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