Franz Gabriel Fiesinger - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Feb 07, 1752 Offenburg, Baden Württemberg, Germany Died on 02 Feb 1807 (aged 54)

German copperplate engraver and painter

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About Franz Gabriel Fiesinger

  • Franz Gabriel Fiesinger or Flesinger (12 March 1723 – 21 February 1807) was a German engraver. He was born in Offenburg and raised by Jesuits until the order was dissolved in 1773.
  • He spent the rest of his youth in Germany under the painter Franz S.
  • Stöber, before moving to Switzerland and then France, where he engraved portraits of members of the National Convention.
  • When the Reign of Terror broke out he moved to London, remaining there until 1798 and the birth of the French Consulate.
  • He returned to France, where he reproduced in medallion format the portraits by Jean-Urbain Guérin of Kléber, Desaix, Masséna, Régnier and other Republican generals.
  • He also produced illustrations for the physiognomy of Lavater and engraved several assignats for the mint.
  • He moved back to London in 1802, dying there five years later.

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