DELSENBACH, Johann Adam

(b. 1687 Nürnberg, d. 1765 Nürnberg)

German painter and engraver. He studied with the portrait engraver Augustin Fleischmann and attended the Nuremberg Painters Academy. He travelled in Saxony, and in 1710 arrived in Vienna and made copper engravings for Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. During the 1713 plague in Vienna he returned to Nuremberg. In 1718 he was again in Vienna and was appointed Court Engraver by the Prince of Liechtenstein. In 1721, after the death of the prince, he settled again in Nuremberg.

His numerous city views, published in several compilations, represent valuable sources for the history of urban architecture.

Liechtenstein Belvedere at Rossau

The engraving by the German painter and engraver was published in 1721 in Johann Bernhard Fischer van Erlach’s “Entwurff einer historischen Architektur, Vienna, vol. V.12.

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View of a Garden Pavilion

The engraving by the German painter and engraver was published in 1721 in Johann Bernhard Fischer van Erlach’s “Entwurff einer historischen Architektur, Vienna, vol. IV.119.

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