Conrad Meyer
Prolific Swiss engraver and cartographer
Conrad Meyer was a painter, engraver, and medallist of Zürich. He was a student of Matthäus Merian. He was successful as a painter of portrait and landscapes, but later specialized on copper engraving, producing more than a thousand works. He also produced the map of Switzerland by Conrad Gyger (1657) and a Planisphaerium Coeleste (1681). His son Johannes Meyer (1655–1712) was also a painter and engraver.
Artworks by this artist
- The Devil’s Kitchen Visited by an Angel mid-17th[-]late 17th century
- Flying Putti, Surrounding Archangel Raphael 1631[-]32
- Martyrium des heiligen Jacobus des Jüngeren; Der Heilige wird von einer Volksmenge gesteinigt und mit dem Walkerholz erschlagen
- Allegory of the Transience of Life 1651
- The Wild Man 1649