Franz Joachim Beich

Franz Joachim Beich was born at Ravensburg (in today's Baden-Württemberg), on October 15, 1666.

[1] He was the son of Daniel Beich, a painter of little celebrity, from whom he received his instruction in the art.

With the permission of his patron, he visited Italy, and made many drawings from the beautiful views in that country.

His landscapes exhibit very pleasing scenery, and he appears to have imitated, in the arrangement of his pictures, the tasteful style of Gaspar Poussin.

We have by him four sets of landscapes, with figures and buildings (amounting together to twenty-six plates), etched with great spirit and facility.