Description
This print shows a portrait of an old man with hat and beard hanging over a globe and pointing with his finger at it.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 11 x 14 cm (4.33 x 5.51 inch). Image size: 8.8 x 11.7 cm. (3.46 x 4.61 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Remains op tape on reverse. Numbers written en stamped on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PORTRAIT-MALE-HEAD-GLOBE-STUDY-HAT-BEARD | RBOS-A10-04
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published January 1745.
Provenance: With an unknown, probably German, collectors stamp WX (Lugt 2644).
Biography engraver: Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn (1717-1780) was a German Art Critic / Theorist, collector and in addition amateur etcher and Saxen Diplomat. He is known to have etched between 1743-1745 and 1764-1766.
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