Antique Master Print-JOHANN-FRIEDRICH-CRELL-PHYSICIAN-ANATOMIST-Haid-1747

Name: Antique Master Print-JOHANN-FRIEDRICH-CRELL-PHYSICIAN-ANATOMIST-Haid-1747
SKU: PICTURA-12748
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‘IOH. FRIDERICVS CRELLIVS, PHIL. ET MEDIC. D. ANATOM. PHYSIOL. AC PHARMAC. PROF. PUBL. ORD. IN ACAD. IULIA CAROLINA ET DUM MORIEBATUR PRO RECTOR. NAT. LIPSIAE D. 6. IANUAR MDCCVII. DENAT. HELMSTADII D. 19. MAY MDCCXLVII.’ WITH CREDIT: ‘I. IAC. HAID SCULPS. AUG. VIND.”

– Portrait of the German physician and professor Johann Friedrich Crell shown as a half-length figure within an ornate oval frame partially covered by a draped curtain. He wears a wig and academic cloak over a waistcoat, standing before a background with bookshelves. The portrait rests on a ledge bearing crossed sceptres and a heraldic coat of arms above the inscription panel. Johann Friedrich Crell (6 January 1707, Leipzig – 19 May 1747, Helmstedt) was a German physician, anatomist, and professor. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig and later became professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Wittenberg. Subsequently he was appointed to the same position at the University of Helmstedt (Academia Julia Carolina), where he remained until his death. Crell was recognized for his work in anatomy and medical teaching and was admitted in 1742 to the Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences.

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SKU: PICTURA-12748 Categories: By Famous Engravers, Portraits-Figures Tag: Portrait

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: 20 x 31.9 cm. (7.87 x 12.56 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 FRIEDRICH CRELL, GERMAN PHYSICIAN PORTRAIT, ANATOMIST HELMSTEDT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID MEZZOTINT, 18TH CENTURY MEDICAL SCHOLAR PORTRAIT, ACADEMIA JULIA CAROLINA | PCO-EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Possibly published in Monumentorum Sylloge quibus memoriam Ioh. Friderici Crelli… celebrat Academia Iulia Carolina, Helmstedt, 1747; engraved and published by Johann Jakob Haid, Augsburg.

Reference: Stiftung Handel-Haus Halle, inv. BS-III 560; examples also in Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nurnberg, Universitatsbibliothek Leipzig, and Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel.

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.