Philipp Kilian (1628 – 1693)

• Was a German Baroque engraver.

• According to the RKD, he was the son of the engraver Wolfgang Kilian, and brother to Bartholomaus.

• According to Houbraken, he engraved the portrait of Johann Heinrich Roos, which Roos' teacher Barent Graat sent him when he was writing his Schouburgh.

• Kilian made the engraving for Joachim von Sandrart, whose Teutsche Academie he illustrated.

• Besides engraving Sandrart's portrait, he made engravings after paintings by Karel Škréta, Philippe de Champaigne, and Johann Carl Loth.

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