Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740, Basel – 8 June 1806, Töss, a district in the city of Winterthur) was a Swiss artist, writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insects.
Johann Heinrich Sulzer's Die Kennzeichen der Insekten, nach Anleitung des Königl. Schwed. Ritters und Leibarzts Karl Linnaeus. Mit einer Vorrede des Herrn Johannes Gessners, published in Zurich in 1761.
Johann Jacob Roemer's Genera Insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata published in Winterthur, Steiner in 1789.
His own Genres des mouches Diptères représentés en XLII planches projettées et dessinées et expliquées par deux amateurs de l'entomologie, published in Zurich in 1803. This work has 42 plates.[2]
The municipal library in Winterthur has about 4000 of his insect watercolors.[1]
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^ abSchellenberg, Johann Rudolf Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz
johann, rudolph, schellenberg, january, 1740, basel, june, 1806, töss, district, city, winterthur, swiss, artist, writer, entomologist, best, known, illustrations, insects, during, career, performed, illustrative, work, johann, heinrich, sulzer, johannes, gess. Johann Rudolph Schellenberg 4 January 1740 Basel 8 June 1806 Toss a district in the city of Winterthur was a Swiss artist writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insects Johann Rudolph SchellenbergDuring his career he performed illustrative work for Johann Heinrich Sulzer Johannes Gessner Johann Kaspar Lavater and Johann Kaspar Fussli 1 He illustrated a number of entomological works a few being Johann Heinrich Sulzer s Die Kennzeichen der Insekten nach Anleitung des Konigl Schwed Ritters und Leibarzts Karl Linnaeus Mit einer Vorrede des Herrn Johannes Gessners published in Zurich in 1761 Johann Jacob Roemer s Genera Insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata published in Winterthur Steiner in 1789 His own Genres des mouches Dipteres representes en XLII planches projettees et dessinees et expliquees par deux amateurs de l entomologie published in Zurich in 1803 This work has 42 plates 2 The municipal library in Winterthur has about 4000 of his insect watercolors 1 References edit a b Schellenberg Johann Rudolf Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz Biodiversity Heritage Library published works nbsp This article about a Swiss scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an entomologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Johann Rudolph Schellenberg amp oldid 1163187178, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
