Johann Elias Haid or Hayd (1739, Augsburg – 5 April 1809, Augsburg) was a German engraver and portraitist.
Biography His father was the engraver Johann Jacob Haid, who was also his first teacher and collaborator.. Upon his father's death. he took over managing the family's publishing business: "Johann Jakob Haid & Sohn"Papierantik: Johann Elias Haid.
In 1768, he was awarded first prize in a competition held by the . From 1786 to 1808, he served as their Protestant Director. Offices there were all divided by religion and the Catholic Director at that time was .Gode Krämer, Reichsstädtische Kunstakademie, Augsburger Stadtlexikon Online
In 1774, he began a series of portrait engravings devoted to famous scholars. This project occupied him until 1790, and eventually included 57 portraits.Felix Ulrich, "Johann Elias Haid", in: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Thieme-Becker), E. A. Seeman. Online
From 1778, he worked on engraving 132 designs by Johann Caspar Füssli, for the book Des Ritters Johann Carl Hedlinger's Medaillen-Werk, which was published in 1781.Gode Krämer, Haid, Augsburger Stadtlexikon, Online This was considered to be a patriotic act, and aroused much interest in southern Germany.
Among his numerous illustrations for scientific books are those for British Zoology by Thomas Pennant and the plates for several works by the botanist, Georg Dionysius Ehret. Some of these have been attributed to his father.
Although specializing in portraits, he also created engravings of works by noted 16th and 17th century artists such as Frans van Mieris, Bernardo Strozzi and Lucas Cranach, as well as a few by Rembrandt.
Selected engravings
References
Further reading Friedrich Karl Gottlob Hirsching and Johann Georg Meusel (Ed.) "Verzeichnis der Kupferstiche und Arbeiten in Schwarzkunst von Johann Elias Haid in Augsburg", in: Miscellaneen artistischen Inhalts Vol.28, Keyser, 1786 Google Books
External links
92 engravings by Johann Elias Haid @ the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.