Johann Jacob Haid Explained

Johann Jacob Haid
Birth Date:	1704
Death Place:	Augsburg, Bavaria
Children:	Johann

Johann Jacob Haid or Johann Jakob Haid (1704 – 9 December 1767) was a German engraver who worked in Augsburg.^[1]

Life and works

Haid came from a German family of artists and engravers and was known for large mezzotint portraits.^[2]

He worked in England, and it has been suggested that he borrowed from the work of Robert Robinson (1651 – 1706), who was a popular English mezzotint engraver, painter, and stage designer.^[3]

Haid also produced botanical work after (1678–1754)^[4] and with Johann Elias Ridinger, and worked on Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's "Phytanthoza iconographia".

Notes and References

1. http://www.wilnitsky.com/scripts/redgallery1.dll/details?No=4338 Johann Jakob Haid
2. Web site: NYPL, Recent Acquisitions: Old Master Prints. The New York Public Library. nypl.org.
3. Ganz, James A., Still-life Mezzotints by Robert Robinson
4. Web site: Cleveland Museum of Art.