Name: Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-JOHANN-GEORG-GMELIN-MEZZOTINT-Haid-Majer-1760
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Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-JOHANN-GEORG-GMELIN-MEZZOTINT-Haid-Majer-1760

€395.00

‘IOANNES GEORGIVS GMELINVS MEDICINAE DOCTOR, EJUSDEMQUE UT ET BOTANICES ET CHEMIAE PROF. P. ORD. IN ACAD. TUBING. NAT. TUBINGA D. 12. AUG. A? 1709.’

– Portrait of Johann Georg Gmelin, half-length, seated in fur-lined robe and cap, holding a large seashell. Shown within an oval frame with decorative cartouche below displaying a coat of arms.

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Description

Medium: Mezzotint engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 18 x 29 cm (7.09 x 11.42 inch). Image size: 16 x 27 cm. (6.3 x 10.63 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Very clean sheet, wide margins, strong impression; minimal toning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOHANN GEORG GMELIN, PORTRAIT, MEZZOTINT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID, WOLFGANG DIETRICH MAJER, GERMAN BOTANIST, 18TH CENTURY, ACADEMIC PORTRAIT | EXPO-PORTRAITS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: St. Petersburg, Archive of the Academy of Sciences (R.X, op. 1-G, d.74).

Biography engraver: Johann Jakob Haid (1704?1767), German engraver and mezzotint specialist active in Augsburg. Known for portraits of scholars, clergy, and nobility, as well as reproductive engravings after contemporary painters. A leading German master of mezzotint.

Biography artist: Wolfgang Dietrich Majer (1698?1762), German painter active in T?bingen. Specialized in portraits of academics, clergy, and officials. His works were often reproduced in prints by Augsburg engravers such as Haid.