# Martin Engelbrecht artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/martin-engelbrecht/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:41:56.382Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1684-09-16
- Death date: 1756-01-18
- Nationality: German
- Movements: Baroque
- Common media: Copperplate engraving, Published prints, Layered printed perspective-theater scenes

## Portrait

![Martin Engelbrecht](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/MartinEngelbrechtPhilippAndreasKilian57.jpg)
Philipp Andreas Kilian · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MartinEngelbrechtPhilippAndreasKilian57.jpg

## About Martin Engelbrecht

Martin Engelbrecht (1684–1756) was a German copperplate engraver, print publisher, and print dealer associated with Augsburg during the Baroque period. Born and later deceased in Augsburg, he worked with his engraver brother Christian Engelbrecht in Berlin from 1708 to 1711 before continuing in Augsburg. His documented subject range includes ornamental designs, city views, portraits, religious and allegorical imagery, and battle scenes. Engelbrecht is especially associated in later reference literature with perspective theaters—layered printed scenes also described as paper theaters or dioramas—which used arranged sheets to create an illusion of spatial depth. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on individual engravings, published print suites, topographical views, devotional or allegorical subjects, and components of theatrical paper constructions. Because Engelbrecht acted in several professional capacities, an imprint may identify him as engraver, publisher, or seller; that distinction matters when determining his precise role in a particular object.

## Common works and media

Works associated with Engelbrecht include copperplate engravings, published print plates, ornamental designs, city and fortress views, portraits, religious and allegorical images, and battle scenes. Collectors may also encounter layered sheets intended for perspective theaters or paper dioramas. Imprints deserve close attention because Engelbrecht could be credited as the engraver, publisher, or print seller rather than occupying the same role on every object.

## Market and appraisal context

The available sources establish a broad auction-relevant range but do not provide detailed condition reports, edition information, or realized-price evidence from a major auction house. Appraisal should begin by identifying the object type—single engraving, published plate, topographical view, or perspective-theater component—and reading the imprint to distinguish Engelbrecht's role as engraver from his role as publisher or print dealer. Subject, date, credited maker, publisher, and relationship to a coordinated print group determine which sale records are genuinely comparable. The Appraisily artist page reports auction-record coverage, but its record count alone does not establish a price level or trend. A defensible conclusion requires like-for-like public sales with relevant sale dates and realized prices.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and auction-house context. When available, sale dates, realized prices, object details, and comparable lots are used to support appraisal research rather than relying on an artist name or record count alone.

## Sources

- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12502947x
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1903690
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500008821
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Engelbrecht
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Engelbrecht
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Engelbrecht
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/martin-engelbrecht/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MartinEngelbrechtPhilippAndreasKilian57.jpg