Antique Print-CHRISTIAN GELLERT-POET-PORTRAIT-Houbraken-Dinglinger-1772

Original antique print showing a portrait of Christian Furchtegott Gellert (1715 – 1769), a German poet.

Made by Jacobus Houbraken after Sophie Dinglinger.

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 12.2 x 20 cm (4.8 x 7.87 inch).

Condition: good, given age. A few minor spots. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHRISTIAN GELLERT-POET-PORTRAIT | RB-A8-03

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in The Netherlands 1772.

Biography engraver: Jacobus Houbraken: (Dutch; 1698-1780). Engraver, etcher and collector, son of Arnold Houbraken.

Biography artist: Sophie Friederike Dinglinger (1736?1791) was a German painter.