1735-1824. Född och död i Bergen.
Norsk ämbetsman. Han var en tid prokurator i Telemark, vistades sedan från 1783 under några år i Köpenhamn, och var 1786-1804 lagman på Färöarna. 1807 blev han utnämnd till borgmästare i Bergen. 1785 gav han i Köpenhamn ut 'Forsög til en Beskrivelse over Övre-Tellemarken', ett verk som blev belönat med 'Det danske Landhuusholdnings-Selskabs' guldmedalj.
Bland arbeten.
Forsög til en Beskrivelse over Övre-Tellemarken.
Halvorsen.
Was the most important member of an Augsburg family of artists and publishers. He was the German representative of the 'Vue d'Optique' , a genre of copper engravings showing in the size of this here shown print the architectural 'wonders of the world' to people mainly during fairs. The prints were pushed into a view box and the viewers, one at a time, could look through a lens to see the prints inserted into the box by the operator, for money, of course. There were French, Italian, Spanish, publishers of Vue d'Optique prints. But the most famous and the most true to facts ones came from the Augsburg workshop of G.B. Probst. He produced ca. 400 of them, not only views of places, but also a variety of other subject matters. While most prints of this genre were loudly and heavily colored, a small series was left black and white, truly showing their artistic value beyond the fulfilment of curiosity at fairs.
Stor familj av konstnärer och tryckare verksamma i Augsburg.
Johann Balthasar Probst 1504 - 1570.
Georg Balthasar Probst 1673 - 1748.
Johann Friedrich Probst 1719 - 1781.
Jean Michel Probst 28/8 1721 - 1/8 1771.
Georg Balthasar Probst 1732 - 1801.
Johann Michael Probst d.y. 1757 - 1809.
Amiral Häggs flaggkarta. - Stockholm 1888.
'Vüe de Ternate.' - 1700-talets mitt.
