Johan Martin Preisler (14 March 1715 in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

– 17 November 1794 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

) was a German engraver, most notable for his work in Denmark where he was professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He was the grandson of the painter

Daniel Preissler Daniel Preissler (or Preisler, born in Prague on 8 March 1627 and died in Nuremberg on 19 June 1665) was a German painter, originating from Bohemia. Biography Preissler was the son of the locksmith Georg Preisler and descended from an old ren ...

(1627-1665) and the son of the painter Johannes Daniel Preisler (1666 – 1737) and Anna Felicitas (née Riedner), making him the brother of the painters Johann Justin Preisler (1698-1771),

Georg Martin Preisler Georg Martin Preisler (fl. 1750) was a German engraver. Born in Nuremberg, he was the son of Johann Daniel Preisler. He was most notable for his portraits and a series of twenty-one engravings of classical and neo-classical sculptures in Rome, ba ...

(1700-1754),

Barbara Helena Preisler Barbara Helena Preißler, Preissler or Preisler, married Oeding (born 12 June 1707 in Nuremberg and died in 1758 in Braunschweig) was a German miniature painter and copper engraver, as well as creator of objects in ivory, wax and alabaster, and a p ...

, married Oeding (1707-1758), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717-1765) ). His children included the engraver

Johann Georg Preisler Johann Georg Preisler or Preissler (7 July 1757 – 21 April 1831) was a Danish engraver of German origin. Early life and education Johann Georg Preisler was born in Copenhagen, the son of Anna Sophia (born Schuckmann) and Johan Martin Prei ...

(1757-1831) and the actor and writer Joachim Daniel Preisler (1755-1809), married to the actress

Marie Cathrine Preisler Marie Cathrine Preisler née Devegge (1761–1797), was a Danish stage actress. She was active at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1778-97, and a member of the ''Det Dramatiske Selskab'' in 1777-79. She is counted as among the elite of her professio ...

(1761-1797). The family came from an old glass making dynasty in Bohemia.

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Johan Martin Preisler
in the ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon'' 1715 births 1794 deaths 18th-century Danish engravers German engravers Artists from Nuremberg {{Germany-artist-stub