Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder

Self-portrait, c.1810

Joseph Lanzedelly the Elder (also Lancedelly; 6 February 1772 – 5 December 1831) was an Austrian lithographer.

Life

He was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo (now in northern Italy), the son of a watchmaker. He studied at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, and from 1806 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.[1][2] He became interested in lithography soon after the invention of the process, and had his early watercolour portraits printed by Adolph Friedrich Kunike.[2]

Lanzedelly's work is regarded as influential in the spread of lithography in Vienna. He made genre prints, influenced by the work of English and particularly French engravers such as Philibert-Louis Debucourt, and he also produced portraits.[2]

His sons Karl (1815–1865) and Joseph (1807–1879) were also lithographers.[2]

Works

Genre prints include Darstellungen gesellschaftlicher Spiele ("Representations of social games"), on six sheets; and Wiener Scenen ("Viennese scenes"), on 12 sheets.[1] His lithographs can be seen in Vienna at the Albertina and at the Vienna Museum.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1865). "Lancedelly, Joseph (Vater)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 14. p. 63 – via Wikisource.
  2. ^ a b c d e Keil, Nora. "Lanzedelly, Joseph der Ältere" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie Volume 13 (1982)