Philipp Kilian

Philipp Kilian (1628 in Augsburg – 1693 in Augsburg), was a German Baroque engraver.

Philipp Kilian, 1686

Biography

According to Houbraken he engraved the portrait of Johann Heinrich Roos which Roos's teacher Barent Graat sent him when he was writing his Schouburgh.[1] Kilian made the engraving for Joachim von Sandrart, whose Teutsche Academie he illustrated.

According to the RKD he was the son of the engraver Wolfgang Kilian and brother to Bartholomaus.[2] Besides engraving Sandrart's portrait, he made engravings after paintings by Karel Skreta, Philippe de Champaigne, and Johann Carl Loth.[2]

References
  1. (in Dutch) "Kiliaan" mentioned as engraver of Roos portrait in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Philipp Kilian in the RKD

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