Antique Print-GOTTLIEB WILHELM RABENER-PORTRAIT-Houbraken-Lisiewsky-1762

Original antique print showing a portrait of Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener (1714 – 1771), a German writer of prose satires and publicist of the Enlightenment.

Made by Jacob Houbraken after C. Lisiewsky.

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

Sheet size: 12 x 19.5 cm (4.72 x 7.68 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Some minor crinkles right edge. Light soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GOTTLIEB WILHELM RABENER-PORTRAIT | RB-A8-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in The Netherlands, dated 1762.

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

Biography artist: Christian Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewsky (1725-1794), painter.

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