Johann Bussemacher

Johann Bussemacher (fl. c.1580 – 1613) was a German engraver and publisher.

Map of the county of Flanders by Matthias Quad (cartographer) and Johann Bussemacher (engraver and printer), 1609.
Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, ca. 1600.

Life

Bussemacher was active as an engraver, printer and art dealer in Cologne from about 1580 to 1613. His many works include several images of saints and a striking plate of Frau Richmuth Rising up from a Trance, taken from a wall painting once in the Church of the Apostles. Variations of his signature included "Jans. Busse", "J. Bussm.", "Jo Buss", "Johan Bussemec" and "I. Busem".[1]

His name (as "Ian Bussemaker") appears on a set of 13 engravings copied from Heinrich Aldegrever's Labours of Hercules and engraved by Pieter Maes; Bussemacher was presumably their publisher. [2]

References
  1. Bryan 1886
  2. "The Labours of Hercules". British Museum. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

Sources
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bussemacher, Johann". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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