Print Description
Medium: Mezzotint (Schabkunst), printed in black on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 23.8 x 35.8 cm (9.37 x 14.09 inch). Image size: 19.8 x 31.8 cm. (7.8 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.
CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB LUDWIG, LEIPZIG BOTANIST PORTRAIT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID MEZZOTINT, ELIAS GOTTLOB HAUSSMANN, 18TH CENTURY PHYSICIAN PORTRAIT, GERMAN BOTANIST, UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG | 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.
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: Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1695-1774) was a German portrait painter active primarily in Leipzig. He is best known for his portraits of scholars, clergy, and musicians, including the famous portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. Haussmann worked for the Leipzig city council and university and produced numerous likenesses of prominent intellectuals of the period. Many of his paintings later served as models for engraved portrait prints by artists such as Johann Jakob Haid.
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