# KLEINER, Salomon [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1703–1761 - Profession: graphic artist - School: German ## Biography German draughtsman and engraver. He was trained in Augsburg by Johann August Corvinus \(1683-1738\). In 1721 he drew a series of city views of Vienna, which were later \(1724-25\) reproduced as engravings in Viennese collections. In 1722-23 Kleiner worked for the imperial vice-chancellor Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, drawing the Schönborn family buildings in Austria for a large collection of engravings. From 1723 he worked for Lothar Franz von Schönborn, sketching the Schönborn palaces in Franconia; other work in the region included engraved designs for altars in Bamberg churches and in Dettelbach am Main. ## Related artworks - [Bird's-eye view of the Liechtenstein Garden Palace]() - [Orange Grove]() - [South Façade and Court of the Liechtenstein Garden Palace]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()