Johann Peter Pichler

{{short description|Austrian engraver}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Johann Peter Pichler

| birth_date = May 13, 1765

| birth_place = Bozen (Bolzano)

| death_date = March 18, 1807 (aged 41)

| death_place = Vienna

| nationality = Austrian

}}

Johann Peter Pichler (May 13, 1765 – March 18, 1807) was an Austrian engraver known for his mezzotints after old masters.

Pichler was born in Bozen (Bolzano) and was a pupil of Jacob Matthias Schmutzer (1733–1811) and Johann Jacobé (1733–1797), whose daughter he married.[https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96:Pichler,_Johann_Peter Biography] in German Wikisource He is known for works after paintings for the noble courts of Vienna and Dresden. He is sometimes mentioned as a relative of Anton Pichler, who was also born near Bozen, but no known relationship has been established.

Gallery

File:Johann Peter Pichler - Mezzotint nach Rembrandt 1791.jpg|Mezzotint after Rembrandt, 1791

File:Johann Peter Pichler Stanisław August Poniatowski.jpg|Stanisław August Poniatowski

File:Pichler - Die Söhne des Peter Paul Rubens 1802.jpg|Mezzotint of Albert and Nicolaas Rubens after Rubens

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