Franz Anton von Scheidel
German artist
About Franz Anton von Scheidel
Lived 1731 – 1801 (aged 69–70). Franz Anton von Scheidel was a botanical illustrator, painter and scientific illustrator.
Franz Anton von Scheidel (1731–1801) was a German natural history artist, noted for his botanical illustrations of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis (Botanical Garden of Vienna), which was published in three fascicles from 1770 to 1776 and is a description of plants at the university's botanical garden. Included in this work are 300 hand-coloured copper engravings by Franz von Scheidel.
Von Scheidel undertook several thousand drawings of plants, fish, birds and mammals for Jacquin and many other patrons.
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Who was Franz Anton von Scheidel?
German artist (1731-1801)
When was Franz Anton von Scheidel born?
Franz Anton von Scheidel was born in 1731 in Vienna.
When did Franz Anton von Scheidel die?
Franz Anton von Scheidel died on 14 January 1801 in Vienna.
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Franz Anton von Scheidel was a botanical illustrator, painter and scientific illustrator.
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