Valentin Daniel Preisler or Preissler (18 April 1717 – 8 April 1765) was a German engraver.

Biography

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, and later, for two years, of his brother Johan Martin Preisler in

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, Johan Agrell and Ignazio Fiorillo. Valentin Daniel Preisler was married to Anna Sophie Volland.

Bibliography

* (de) Leitschuh, Franz Friedrich, « Preisler, Valentin Daniel », in: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'', tome 26, Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot, 1888, page 551 et suiv. * (de) Bosl, Karl, ''Bayerische Biografie,'' Regensburg, 1983, page 601. * (de) Preisler, Bertel, ''Slægten Preisler'', 1984. * (de) Will, Georg Andreas, ''Nürnbergisches Gelehrten-Lexikon, As supplemented by Christian Conrad Nopitsch (8 volumes), published 1755-1802''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Preisler, Valentin Daniel 1717 births 1765 deaths Artists from Nuremberg 18th-century German engravers 18th-century German male artists