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Object Type
print
Museum number
1885,1212.56
Title
Object:
Iacobus Frey
Description
Portrait of Jacob Frey, half-length, turned to right, looking to the viewer, wearing a wig, gown, waistcoat and cravat, his left hand to waist, within oval; his portrait hold by three putti, a bust of Minerva in the top right-hand corner of the image; after a painting by Dupra Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Johann Jakob Haid
After:
Giorgio Domenico Duprà
After:
Johann Georg Bergmüller
Published by:
Johann Jakob Haid
School/style
German
Italian
Production date
1740
(circa)
Production place
Published in:
Augsburg
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
401 millimetres
Width:
267 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Duprà painted the portrait while Bergmüller designed the framing.
Bibliographic references
Le Blanc 1854-89 / Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes 1550-1820
(69)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
Associated names
Portrait of:
Jacob Frey
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Rev John Burleigh James
(Lugt 1425)
Acquisition date
1885
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1885,1212.56