Johann Jakob Thourneyser (1636 – 1711)
• Was a Swiss engraver
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• Johann Jakob Thourneyser was born on 15 June 1636 in Basel.
• He studied in Strasbourg with Pieter Aubry and then went to France, where he worked in the style of F. de Poilly and Claude Mellan.
• He stayed in turn in Lyon, Bourg-en-Bresse and Turin.
• Died
February 15, 1711 (age 74 years), Basel, Switzerland.