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Peter Schenk the Younger

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Name
  
Peter the

Parents
  
Peter Schenk the Elder

Born
  
15 February 1693 (
1693-02-15
)
Amsterdam

Known for
  
engraver and cartographer

Died
  
January 14, 1775, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Peter Schenk the Younger (born 15 February 1693 in Amsterdam; died: 14 January 1775) was a Dutch engraver and map publisher active in Leipzig.

He was the son of the engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk the Elder who owned a shop in Liepzig and travelled regularly between there and Amsterdam in the 17th century. In 1715 Peter the Younger traveled to Liepzig in order to sell some paintings by Jan van Huchtenburgh and Jan and Willem van Mieris.

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Peter Schenk the Younger Wikipedia