, Antique Master Print-JOHANN-HEUMANN-ALTDORF-JURIST-PORTRAIT-Haid-Ihlen-1757, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Master Print-JOHANN-HEUMANN-ALTDORF-JURIST-PORTRAIT-Haid-Ihlen-1757, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Master Print-JOHANN-HEUMANN-ALTDORF-JURIST-PORTRAIT-Haid-Ihlen-1757

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€295.00

‘IOANNES HEVMANNVS V. I. D. ET PROFESSOR IURIS PUBL. ORD. IN ACAD. ALTDORFINA. NAT. MUGGENDORF. III. ID FEBRUAR. MDCCXI.’ WITH CREDITS: ‘IHLEN PINX.’ AND ‘I. J. HAID EXC. AUG. VIND.”

– Portrait of the German jurist Johann Heumann shown half-length within a decorative trompe-l’oeil frame. The sitter wears an elegant eighteenth-century coat and powdered wig and rests his arm on a pedestal, suggesting his academic status. Beneath the portrait is a Latin inscription identifying his scholarly position. Johann Heumann (1711-1760) was a German jurist and professor of law associated with the University of Altdorf near Nuremberg. Educated in law during the early Enlightenment period, he became professor of public law at the university and contributed to legal scholarship and academic teaching within the German university system. Scholars such as Heumann represented the educated legal elite that staffed universities and administrative institutions across the German states in the eighteenth century.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint (Schabkunst), printed in black on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 25.1 x 36 cm (9.88 x 14.17 inch). Image size: 19.5 x 31 cm. (7.68 x 12.2 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soling and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHANN HEUMANN, GERMAN JURIST PORTRAIT, UNIVERSITY OF ALTDORF PROFESSOR, JOHANN JAKOB HAID MEZZOTINT, 18TH CENTURY LEGAL SCHOLAR PORTRAIT, AUGSBURG PRINTMAKING | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Johann Jakob Haid, Neue Sammlung von Bildnissen gelehrter um die Kirche, um das gemeine Wesen und um das Reich der Wissenschaften verdienter noch lebender Manner, Augsburg, 1757.

Reference: Universitatsbibliothek Heidelberg, Graphische Sammlung, inv. P_0834.

Biography engraver: Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767) was a German engraver, mezzotint specialist, publisher, and art dealer active in Augsburg. He was among the most important German practitioners of mezzotint in the eighteenth century. Haid produced numerous portraits of European nobility, scholars, clergy, and officials, often after paintings by contemporary artists. Through his publishing house he distributed portrait prints widely across the German states, contributing significantly to the popularity of mezzotint portraiture in Central Europe.

Biography artist: The painter identified on the plate as ‘Ihlen’ remains somewhat obscure, likely an eighteenth-century portrait painter.

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Dimensions 36 × 25 × 1 cm

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