Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-JOHANN-GEORG-GMELIN-MEZZOTINT-Haid-Majer-1760 Johann Jakob Haid Master Prints > By Famous Engravers,Prints by Category > Portraits-Figures

'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.Made by Johann Jakob Haid after Wolfgang Dietrich Majer.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).JOHANN GEORG GMELIN, PORTRAIT, MEZZOTINT, JOHANN JAKOB HAID, WOLFGANG DIETRICH MAJER, GERMAN BOTANIST, 18TH CENTURY, ACADEMIC PORTRAIT | EXPO-PORTRAITSBACKGROUND INFORMATIONSource: 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 Tübingen. Specialized in portraits of academics, clergy, and officials. His works were often reproduced in prints by Augsburg engravers such as Haid. 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.