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Matthäus Merian
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Swiss-born engraver, publisher (1593–1650)
OverviewAI-generated
Matthäus Merian was a male graphic artist, cartographer, publisher, and painter associated with the Baroque movement. He was born in Basel and died in Bad Schwalbach. His citizenship included the Holy Roman Empire and Switzerland. He worked in Frankfurt and was fluent in Latin and German. His professional activities spanned publishing, graphics, copper engraving technique, and book illustration.
His notable works include the Merian map of Paris, Topographia Germaniae, and Theatrum Europaeum. Other significant titles are Dance of the Death, Merians Anmüthige Städte-Chronik, and Iconum Biblicarum. He had children named Maria Sibylla Merian, Matthäus Merian, and Caspar Merian. His works are held in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. He is described in sources such as The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Dance of the Death
- Merians Anmüthige Städte-Chronik
- Merians Anmuthige Stadte-Chronik
- Iconum Biblicarum
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Symbolic Transfer Entropy
· 2008 · cited 530x
- Antioxidant Activity of Extracts Obtained from Residues of Different Oilseeds
· 2002 · cited 527x
- Gain-of-function p53 mutants co-opt chromatin pathways to drive cancer growth
· 2015 · cited 442x
- Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery
· 2022 · cited 413x
- Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)
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· 2017 · cited 343x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthäus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Basel
- Place of death
- Bad Schwalbach
- Child
- Caspar Merian
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Theatrum Europaeum
- Field of work
- book illustration
- Movement
- Baroque
- Image
- MatthaeusMerian.jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt
Show 13 more facts
- Commons category
- Matthäus Merian
- date of birth
- 1593-09-25
- date of death
- 1650-01-19
- Commons gallery
- Matthäus Merian
- Commons Creator page
- Matthäus Merian
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- P6482
- Matthäus Merian
- floruit
- 1674-01-01
- name in native language
- Matthäus Merian der Ältere
- start of work period
- 1608-01-01
- end of work period
- 1650-01-01
- relative
- Maria Sibylla Merian
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Basel
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Engraving of Matthäus Merian by Joachim von Sandrart Frankfurt c. 1612; engraving by Matthäus Merian The castle and the town of Regensberg in Topographia Helvetiae, c. 1650 Gustav II Adolf in Polish 'delia' coat, painting by Matthäus Merian, 1632 Alchemical illustration, Musaeum Hermeticum, 1678 Discursus XXXI, Epigramma XXXI, from Atalanta Fugiens, 1618 Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family.
Biography
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