Georg Jacob
Schratzenstaller (Schrazenstaller)

* Born/baptized 9 July 1767, Nuremberg – † Died/buried 9 November 1795, Nuremberg.

Son of Egidius, a converted Capuchin monk. Unmarried. Pupil of J. G. Sturm and J. E. Ihle. From 1786 to 1795, he was listed as an engraver in the *Ämterbüchlein* (official register of trades and offices). He was among the signatories of a petition drafted by Andreas Leonhard Möglich—titled "Thoughts, Representations, Requests, and Wishes"—addressed to Director Ihle regarding the Nuremberg Artists' Institute (or Art Academy), which was submitted on 3 March 1788. On 13 October 1792, he attended the inaugural meeting of the Society of Nuremberg Artists and Art Lovers, held at the home of Johann Peter Rösler. Towards the end of his life, he resided near the Wöhrder Türlein (Wöhrd Gate). Panzer recorded three portrait engravings of Nuremberg citizens bearing his signature, as well as a portrait of him engraved by Chr. F. Th. von Schad.

MuS: Nuremberg, MStN: *Bilderbogenblätter* (illustrated broadsheets). –, GNM, Ms. 115675: *Stammbuch* (album amicorum) of Gottlob Ernst Graff: drawing, dated 1787.

Lit.: Thieme-Becker; Schrötter, 1908; Schwemmer, 1974; Goldmann, *Stammbücher* 1981, p. 123

(Cited from the *Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon*, edited by Manfred H. Grieb)