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WERNER, Friedrich Bernhard.
1690-1776
Werner was born in Silesia. During his youth he led a life
of adventure, working as a military engineer and cartographer,
travelling about as a quack doctor, working as an operator with a
theatre in Prague and translating librettos for a group of wandering
comedians.
But after his marriage in 1718 he began a new life and
concentrated on developing his undeniable artistic and cartographic
talents. These skills brought him into contact with several leading art
dealers and map publishers in Augsburg, most importantly the heirs of
Jeremias Wolff (1663-1724).
He began his series of large city views for
Wolff's heirs in 1729, when he returned to Augsburg after a European
tour, and they commissioned further European tours in the 1730’s to
make delineations of the important cities and the architecture of the
surrounding countryside.
These designs and impressions were published
in series by several partners of the Wolff firm, primarily by Johann
Friedrich Probst (1719 or 1721-1781), and later by his brother Georg
Balthasar Probst (1732-1801).
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