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Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
About Jakob Felsing
- Georg Jakob Felsing, a German line-engraver, was born at Darmstadt in 1802.
- He was first instructed by his father, Johann Conrad Felsing, but he afterwards visited Italy and studied at Milan under Longhi, and at Florence the style of Raffaello Morghen.
- After residing some time at Naples he revisited Florence, and became a professor in the Academy of that city, and a member of the Academy of Milan.
- He returned to Darmstadt in 1832, when he was elected professor, and appointed engraver to the Court.
- During a stay in Paris he was influenced by the style of Desnoyers, and at Munich by the principles of the artists there.
- Felsing's plates show the talent of a great artist, and he worked with the graver in a clear and vigorous manner.
- He was also a member of the Academies of St.
- Petersburg, Berlin, and Vienna, and of the Institute of France.
- He died at Darmstadt in 1883.
- His most important works are: Christ on the Mount of Olives; after Carlo Dolci.
- 1828. The Madonna enthroned; after Andrea del Sarto.
- 1830. The Marriage of St.
- Catharine; after Correggio.
- 1831. The Violinist; after Raphael.
- 1833. Girl at the Fountain; after Bendemann.
- 1835. The Virgin with the Infant, St.
- Elizabeth, and St.
- John; after Overbeck.
- 1839. St.
- Genevieve in the Forest; after Steinbrück. The Saviour; after Leonardo da Vinci.
- 1844. Christ with the Doctors; after the same.
- 1847. Hagar and Ishmael; after Köhler.
- 1848. Moses in the Bulrushes; after the same.
- 1849-52. The Lorelei; after Kohler the younger.
- 1854. The Betrayal of Christ; after Hofmann.
- 1861. St.
- Cecilia; after the same. Christ with the Cross; after Crespi.
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