Johann Joseph Neidl (20 March 1776 – 31 August 1832) was an Austrian engraver, coppersmith, and printmaker who was active in Frankfurt, Vienna, and Munich.
[2] Johann Joseph (or Josef) Neidl was born and christened on 20 March 1776 in Graz, part of the Habsburg monarchy (now Austria).
[3] Born into a servant's family, he apprenticed as a silversmith while dedicating his spare time to drawing and carefully replicating copperplate engravings.
[3] After the French invasion of Germany, his patron moved him to Munich, where Neidl visited galleries and honed his drawing skills.
[9] Neidl later engraved a portrait of German composer Carl Maria von Weber based on a painting by Joseph Lange in 1804.