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AMSLER, SAMUEL (1791–1849)

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AMSLER, See also:SAMUEL (1791–1849) , Swiss engraver, was See also:born at Schinznach, in the See also:canton of See also:Aargau. He studied his See also:art under Johan Heinrich Lips (1758–1817) and Karl See also:Ernst See also:Hess, at See also:Munich, and from 1816 pursued it in See also:Italy, and chiefly at See also:Rome, till in 1829 he succeeded his former See also:master Hess as See also:professor of See also:copper See also:engraving in the Munich See also:academy. The See also:works he designed and engraved are remarkable for the See also:grace of the figures, and for the wonderful skill with which he retains and expresses the characteristics of the See also:original paintings and statues. He was a passionate admirer of See also:Raphael, and had See also:great success in reproducing his works. Amsler's See also:principal engravings are: " The Triumphal See also:March of See also:Alexander the Great," and a full-length " See also:Christ," after the sculptures of See also:Thorwaldsen and See also:Dannecker; the " Entombment of Christ," and two " Madonnas " after Raphael; and the " See also:Union between See also:Religion and the Arts," after See also:Overbeck, his last See also:work, on which he spent six years.

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