Jakob Felsing, a German engraver, born in Darmstadt in 1802. He received his first instruction from his father, studied at the academy of Milan, and acquired reputation by his faithful reproduction of the manner of the painters whose works he engraved. After residing in Italy, and visiting Munich and Paris, he returned to Darmstadt in 1839. His best engravings are from Carlo Dolce's Christ on the Mount of Olives," Andrea del Sarto'sMadonna on the Throne," Raphael's Violin Player," Bendemann'sYoung Girl at the Fountain," Overbeck'sHoly Family," Crespi's "Christ with the Cross," Correggio'sMarriage of St. Catharine," and Steinbruck'sSt. Genevieve," and other paintings of the Dtls-seldorf school.