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**Anton Joseph von Prenner** (also known as von Brenner; 1683–1761) was an Austrian painter, engraver, and publisher best remembered for his reproductive prints documenting major European art collections and for creating engravings after Old Master paintings, including works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Born on 7 March 1683 in Wallerstein in the County of Oettingen, Prenner’s early training remains undocumented. He began his career as a painter of religious subjects, producing altarpieces in Augsburg and Budišov and frescoes in Mikulov for Prince Walther Franz Xaver Anton of Dietrichstein. By 1728 he had settled in Vienna, where he served as court engraver to the emperor and shifted his focus to printmaking.
Prenner collaborated with Flemish court painter and printmaker Frans van Stampart on ambitious publication projects, most notably the *Theatrum artis pictoriae* (1728–1733) and its preview volume, the *Prodromus* (1735). These works reproduced paintings from the Imperial collection in Vienna’s Stallburg gallery through detailed copper engravings—the first such publication to include works from the old German school. He also produced individual reproductive engravings after celebrated compositions, such as *Peasants Fighting* (published 1728–1735) and *The Tower of Babel*, both after Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Prenner was the uncle of painter and engraver Georg Kaspar von Prenner. He died in Vienna in 1761. His legacy lies in the systematic visual recording of imperial holdings, which helped preserve and disseminate knowledge of important paintings at a time when original works were accessible only to a privileged few. His prints after Bruegel and other masters remain valued today for both their documentary value and their technical skill.