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Ludwig von Siegen

Ludwig von Siegen , c.1609-1680, German engraver, b. Holland, educated in Germany. He is said to have invented (c.1640) the mezzotint process of engraving. Among his seven known plates are portraits of Amalia Elisabeth of Hesse and of William II, prince of Orange, and his wife, Mary. His new method of engraving, long a secret, was revealed to Prince Rupert of the Palatinate in 1654. Through him it was communicated to the English engravers. A collection of Siegen's work is in the British Museum.

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Siegen, Ludwig von (bapt. Cologne, 2 May 1609; d Wolfenbüttel, c.1680). German soldier and amateur artist who invented the technique of mezzotint. The earliest of his few surviving prints, a portrait of the Landgravine Amelia Elizabeth of Bohemia, dated 1642, was sent by Siegen to the Landgrave with a letter stating that the invention was his. Prince Rupert, whom he probably met in Brussels in 1654, perhaps learnt the technique from him.

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Siegen, Ludwig von (c.1609–c.1680). German soldier and amateur artist who invented the technique of mezzotint. The earliest of his few surviving prints, a portrait of the Landgravine Amelia Elizabeth of Bohemia, dated 1642, was sent by Siegen to the Landgrave with a letter stating that the invention was his. Prince Rupert, whom he probably met in Brussels in 1654, learnt the technique from him.

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