‘GARD. LAVATER.’

– Portrait of the Swiss theologian and mystic Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801).

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Description

Portrait of the Swiss theologian and mystic Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801).

Made by Francois-Seraphin Delpech after Zephirin Felix Jean Marius Belliard.

Medium: Lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 31.4 x 48 cm (12.36 x 18.9 inch). Image size: 22 x 27 cm. (8.66 x 10.63 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some foxing and some light steining. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-LAVATER | PORTRAIS – MISC

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Francois-Seraphin Delpech (1778-1825) was a French artist and lithographer. Delpech served as an art critic for the Mercure de France during the period of the First French Empire. In 1818, he opened a printmaking studio in Paris. From 1819 onward, Delpech produced lithographic portraits of a number of leading figures of his time. Today, Delpech’s works are held in the Biblioth?que nationale de France; the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; and the Mus?e de la R?volution fran?aise.

Biography artist: Zephirin Felix Jean Marius Belliard (1798-1871) is a French lithographer and miniaturist painter.