Johanna Sibylla Küsel Explained

Johanna Sibylla Kraus
Birth Name:	Johanna Sibylla Küsel
Birth Date:	1650
Birth Place:	Augsburg
Death Date:	1717

Johanna Sibylla Kraus (née Küsel; 1650 – 1717) was a German printmaker from Augsburg.

Kraus was born in Augsburg as the daughter of Melchior Küsel. She was taught by her father and assisted his pupil Johann Ulrich Kraus, whom she married and continued to work with.

Gallery

Four designs of tapestries after Charles Le Brun, copied from engravings by Sebastien Le Clerc:^[1]

References

• Johanna Sibylla Küsel in the Sandrart project

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tapisseries du roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons : avec les devises qvi les accompagnent & leur explication = Königliche französische Tapezereyen, oder überauss schöne Sinn-Bilder, in welchen die vier Element, samt den vier Jahr-Zeiten, neben den Dencksprüchen und ihren Ausslegungen, vorgestellet werden. André. Félibien. Johann Ulrich. Krauss. Johanna Sybylla. Krauss. Sébastien. Le Clerc. Charles. Le Brun. Jacques. Bailly. July 28, 1690. [Augsburg : Krauss|via=Internet Archive].