Magdalena Fürstin

Magdalena Fürstin was a German artist and hand-colourist. She was from Nuremberg, and was a pupil of John Fischer and Maria Sybilla Merian.

Life

She was born into a middle class family and was the youngest of three daughters that they had. Her father was in the business of buying and selling art works.

Legacy

Her name appears as a plate illuminator in Basilius Besler's famous codex of the plant specimens in the Garden of Eichstatt, Hortus Eystettensis: Studien zur Entstehung des Kupferstichwerks und zum Exemplar des Andrea Vendramin '' She worked on the book for five years, and the copy she worked on is currently in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.