Eberhard Kieser

Eberhard Kieser (December 2, 1583 in Kastellaun – November 1631, in Frankfurt am Main) was a German engraver and publisher.

In the early summer of 1609, through his marriage with Anna Christina Hoffmann, a painter's daughter, he received citizen's rights in Frankfurt am Main, worked as a goldsmith in Sachsenhausen and began to draw and engrave.

[1] Kieser is also known for the Thesaurus philopoliticus (German title: Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren und bestendiger Freund), a collection of copperplate engravings with city views, which Kieser and Daniel Meisner (1585–1625), originally from Bohemia, produced and successfully published.

[1] From 1617/18 Sebastian Furck, and later Georg Keller, Matthäus Merian, and Johann Eckard Löffler worked for Kieser.

In addition to the Thesaurus philopoliticus, the type of engravings and etchings suggest Georg Keller as an artist: [2] In addition, Kieser published a 78-sheet series of emperors, electors and nobles on horseback as well as portraits of Fettmilch, Schopp, Gerngros and Ebel (leaders of the Fettmilch uprising) in the style of Sebastian Furck.