Conrad Meyer (painter)

Conrad Meyer (1618 Zürich – 1689 Zürich) was a painter, engraver, and medallist of Zürich.

He was a student of Matthäus Merian. He was successful as a painter of portrait and landscapes, but later specialized on copper engraving, producing more than a thousand works. He also produced the map of Switzerland by Conrad Gyger (1657) and a Planisphaerium Coeleste (1681).

His son Johannes Meyer (1655 Zürich –1712) was also a painter and engraver.

• Landscapes
• Löntschtal (Canton of Glarus), 1655
• Zurich in summer, ca. 1661
• Zurich in winter, ca. 1661

• Portraits
• Johann Heinrich Waser, Mayor of Zurich 1652-69, 1654
• A boy's portrait, Joseph von Orelli, 1657
• Théodore de Bèze, 1676
• Double portrait of the executioner Volmar and his wife, 1677
• 1668 Portrait medal of Johann Heinrich Waser.