Philipp Kilian

Philipp Kilian, 1686

Philipp Kilian (1628 in Augsburg – 1693 in Augsburg), was a German Baroque engraver.

Biography

According to Houbraken he engraved the portrait of Johann Heinrich Roos which Roos's teacher Barent Graat sent him when he was writing his Schouburgh.[1] Kilian made the engraving for Joachim von Sandrart, whose Teutsche Academie he illustrated.

According to the RKD he was the son of the engraver Wolfgang Kilian and brother to Bartholomaus.[2] Besides engraving Sandrart's portrait, he made engravings after paintings by Karel Skreta, Philippe de Champaigne, and Johann Carl Loth.[2]

References

  1. ↑ (Dutch) "Kiliaan" mentioned as engraver of Roos portrait in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. 1 2 Philipp Kilian in the RKD

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