Antique Master Print-ABRAHAM-DE-HUMBERT-PRUSSIAN-OFFICER-Haid-Lisiewska-1752

Name: Antique Master Print-ABRAHAM-DE-HUMBERT-PRUSSIAN-OFFICER-Haid-Lisiewska-1752
SKU: PICTURA-12760
Availability: InStock

€295.00

‘ABRAHAM DE HUMBERT POTENTISS. REGIS BORUSS. PRAEFECT VIGILUM OMNIUM COHORTUM BELLICARUM, CONSILIARIUS INTIM. ET GALLIAE CONCILII SUPREM. ASSESSOREM, LUMINORUM SACRA REG. MAJ. FRATRUM MATHEM. PRAECEPT. NEC NON GEOGRAPH. ET ARCHITECT. MILITAR. REGIUS, ACAD. SCIENT. BEROLINENS. MEMB. NAT. D. ? APRIL. 1699.’ WITH CREDITS: ‘ROSINA LISIEWSKA AD VIV. PINX.’, ‘I. C. KRUGER DELIN. 1750.’ AND ‘I. J. HAID SCULPS. ET EXC. A.V.”

– Half-length portrait of Abraham de Humbert shown within an architectural niche with decorative scrollwork and coat of arms above. He appears in court dress with sash and armour elements, resting his arm on the ledge before him. The inscription panel below lists his titles and positions. Abraham de Humbert (1699-1761) was a Prussian officer, educator, and court official who served under King Frederick William I of Prussia. Originally from a Huguenot family, he became tutor and educator at the Prussian court and later held military and administrative posts. Humbert was also known for his interests in mathematics, geography, and military architecture and became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

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SKU: PICTURA-12760 Categories: By Famous Engravers, Portraits-Figures Tag: Portrait

Description

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

Sheet size: 20.3 x 32.8 cm (7.99 x 12.91 inch). Image size: 19.7 x 31.8 cm. (7.76 x 12.52 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.

ABRAHAM DE HUMBERT, PRUSSIAN OFFICER PORTRAIT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID MEZZOTINT, ANNA ROSINA LISIEWSKA PORTRAIT PAINTER, 18TH CENTURY PRUSSIAN COURT OFFICIAL, BERLIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Jacob Brucker, Bilder-Saal heutiges Tages lebender und durch Gelahrtheit beruhmter Schriftsteller, Augsburg: Johann Jakob Haid, 1752.

Reference: Mortzfeld A 10290; Drugulin 9494; Singer 41751; Diepenbroick 12531; Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel inv. A 10290.

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: Anna Rosina de Gasc (1713-1783), born Anna Rosina Lisiewska, was a German portrait painter active at several German courts, including Dresden and Anhalt-Zerbst. She specialized in portraits of nobility and intellectuals and was the daughter of the portrait painter Georg Lisiewski. Johann Conrad Kruger (1702-1770) was a German draftsman and engraver who produced designs and drawings for portrait engravings and book illustrations during the eighteenth century.