Johann Justin Preissler

Johann Justin Preissler (1698–1771) was a German painter and draughtsman.

[1] Like his father before him, he took a grand tour as a young man and travelled extensively in Italy (Venice, Florence Rome Naples).

[1] On his return he married the glasspainter Susanna Maria Dorsch (1738).

[1] His copies of the ceiling pieces by Rubens and Van Dyck in the Carolus Borromeuskerk were published by his brother Georg Martin in 1735.

The Teylers Museum in Haarlem has a copy of this book as well as other works by Preissler.