Johann Georg Schmidt was a German engraver.

Life and work

Schmidt came from Augsburg and first worked in Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 and then the studio of Johann Georg Beck

Johann Georg Beck

Johann Georg Beck or Johann Georg Baek was a German engraver. He taught fellow-Augsburger Johann Georg Schmidt, who married his widow Anna Elisabeth and took over the family studio. Johann's son Anton August Beck trained in this studio and inherited it on Johann's death.-Notes:...

, also from Augsburg. After Beck died in 1722, Schmidt married his widow Anna Elisabeth (née Füllekrug), took over his studio and received the title of court-engraver. Schmidt trained his master's son Anton August

Anton August Beck

Anton August Beck was a German engraver. He was the son of Johann Georg Beck and his wife Anna Elisabeth. On Johann's death, his student Johann Georg Schmidt married his widow and adopted his business. On Schmidt's death, Anton took over the business.-Notes:...

 in this studio. Schmidt and Beck mostly made portraits of the Braunschweig

Braunschweig

Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....

ischen clergy and court figures, though his works' were of lower quality than his predecessor and his son.

After his death in 1767, his stepson Anton August Beck took over his birth-father's business and successfully led it until he died in 1787.