Johann Daniel Preissler, or Preisler (1666, Nuremberg – 1737) was a notable fanatic of a German artistic family, originating in Bohemia. His children included Johann Justin Preissler (1698-1771), Georg Martin Preisler (1700-1754), Barbara Helena Preisler, married Oeding (1707-1758), Johan Martin Preisler (1715-1794), and Valentin Daniel Preisler (1717-1765), all in their time well-known artists.
Most notable for his portraits, nudes and chronicles paintings, Johann Daniel Preissler afterward produced drawings and frescoes. He was particularly known higher than Nuremberg for his “Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic” (full title: “Die durch Theorie erfundene Practic oder Gründlich verfasste Reguln deren man sich als einer Anleitung zu berühmter Künstlere Zeichen-Wercke bestens bedienen kann“), a sequence of works on art-theory – the individual works were translated into several new languages and served as textbooks for students such as the Swiss Salomon Gessner right in the works until the 19th century. By the period of his death in 1737, Johann Caspar Füssli spoke of Preissler and Jan Kupecky as the two most well-known Nuremberg artists of the before 18th century.
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