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Preissler was born and died in Nuremberg.
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Johann Preissler
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Like his father before him, he took a grand tour as a young man and travelled extensively in Italy (Venice, Florence Rome Naples). He became director of the Nuremberg Academy (founded by his father) in 1742, and in 1752 he became director of the drawing academy. They form an historic record of those paintings, as lightning struck the church in 1718 and caused a fire which caused the roof to collapse.
The Teylers Museum in Haarlem has a copy of this book as well as other works by Preissler.
