Johanna Dorothea Sysang

Johanna Dorothea Sysang
Born(1729-04-07)April 7, 1729
Dresden, Germany
DiedMarch 2, 1791(1791-03-02) (aged 61)
Leipzig, Germany
Known forEngraving and illustration

Johanna Dorothea Sysang (1729-1791) was a German engraver.

Sysang was born on April 7, 1729 in Dresden, Germany.[1] Her father, Johann Christoph Sysang, taught her the art of engraving in copper.[2] Sysang died on March 2, 1791 in Leipzig, Germany.[3][1]

Her work is in the Nationalmuseum,[4] the New York Public Library,[5] the Rijksmuseum[6] and the Royal Collection Trust.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Johanna Dorotea Sysang". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Library acquires rare book on natural history". William & Mary Libraries. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sysang, Johanna Dorothea". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Carl Gustav Tessin (1695-1770), greve, diplomat, hovman, konstsamlare, g.m. Ulrika Lovisa Sparre af Sundby |". Nationalmuseum. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf". Music Division. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Portret van August II de Jongere, hertog van Braunschweig-Lüneburg". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Johanna Dorothea Sysang (1729-1791) - Moritz Furst zu Anhalt". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2026.

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