Antique Master Print-JOHANN-ALBRECHT-GESNER-GERMAN-PHYSICIAN-Haid-Grooth-1757

Name: Antique Master Print-JOHANN-ALBRECHT-GESNER-GERMAN-PHYSICIAN-Haid-Grooth-1757
SKU: PICTURA-12738
Availability: InStock

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‘IOHANNES ALBER?TVS GESNERVS, MEDICINAE DOCTOR, SERENISSIMI WIRTEMBERGIAE DUCIS CONSILIARIUS, ARCHIATER ET COLLEGII METALL. ASSESSOR, ACADEMIARUM REGIAR. BEROLINENSIS ET STOCKHOLMENSIS SODALIS. NATUS A. S. MDCXCIV. DIE 17. SEPTEMBR.’ WITH CREDITS: ‘GROOTH PINXIT.’ AND ‘I. JAC. HAID SCULPS. ET EXC. A.V.”

– Portrait of the German physician and scholar Johann Albrecht Gesner shown seated half-length within a trompe-l’oeil frame. He wears an elegant eighteenth-century coat and wig and rests one hand on a book, with a draped curtain and architectural background behind him. A heraldic coat of arms and Latin inscription appear below the portrait. Johann Albrecht Gesner (1694-1761) was a German physician, naturalist, and academic figure. He served as physician and councillor to the Duke of Wurttemberg and held positions as archiater (chief physician). Gesner was associated with early scientific and medical institutions and became a member of learned academies including the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. His career reflects the close connection between medicine, natural science, and court service in eighteenth-century Europe.

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SKU: PICTURA-12738 Categories: By Famous Engravers, Portraits-Figures Tag: Portrait

Description

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

Sheet size: 20 x 32.2 cm (7.87 x 12.68 inch). Image size: 19.3 x 31.1 cm. (7.6 x 12.24 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 ALBRECHT GESNER, GERMAN PHYSICIAN PORTRAIT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID MEZZOTINT, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GROOTH PORTRAIT PAINTER, 18TH CENTURY MEDICAL SCHOLAR PORTRAIT, WURTTEMBERG COURT PHYSICIAN | 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: Digitaler Portraitindex druckgraphischer Bildnisse der Fruhen Neuzeit; Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel, inv. A 7682.

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: Johann Christoph Grooth (1703-1764) was a German portrait painter active in the eighteenth century. Born in Stuttgart, he worked for several German courts and became known for portraits of aristocrats, scholars, and officials. His paintings were frequently used as models for engraved portrait prints, including mezzotints produced by the Augsburg engraver Johann Jakob Haid.