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Küsel [Küsell; Küssell; Kiesel].
German family of engravers. They were among the most important engravers in Augsburg in the earlier Baroque period, working primarily from foreign models. The clockmaker Mathias Küssel (d 1664) had four sons, (1) Melchior Küsel I, (2) Matthäus Küsel, Elias Küsel ( fl c. 1670), also an engraver, and Philipp Küsel (d 1700), a goldsmith. Melchior’s marriage to the daughter of his teacher Matthäus Merian (i) in 1649 produced the engraver (3) Johanna Sibylla Küsel; a later marriage produced two more engravers: Maria Philippina Küsel (b 1676), whose work includes engravings of goldsmithing (see Hollstein, nos 277–8), and Maria Magdalene Küsel ( fl 1688–92), who was known for her flower engravings (Hollstein, nos 264–82). Matthäus also had a daughter who was an engraver, Johanna Christina Küsel (b 1665); she produced copies after Stefano della Bella (Hollstein, no. 12) and sometimes worked with her cousins. They collaborated on 263 illustrations to the Bible (Hollstein, nos 1–263) after engravings by Matthäus Merian (i). The Augsburg goldsmith Melchior Küsel II (1674–1738) is thought to have been the son of Philipp Küsel. The following members have entries:
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