Bildnis des Philosophen Johann Georg Sulzer von Winterthur

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Anton Graff, Werkstattreplik1736 Winterthur – 1813 Dresden

One of several repetitions after the original in the Leipzig University Library, which belongs to the same series as the main copy of the self-portrait (inv. 120).
The philosopher and aesthetician Johann Georg Sulzer (Winterthur 1720 - Berlin 1779) wrote the 'Thoughts on the Origin of the Sciences and Fine Arts' in 1762 and the 'General Theory of Fine Arts' in 1771-1774, in which he formulated the aesthetics of the German Enlightenment.
In 1771, Anton Graff married Sulzer's eldest daughter Elisabeth Sophie Auguste (1753-1812).In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.

Also known as

Portrait of the Philosopher Johann Georg Sulzer von Winterthur

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

image: 56 x 45 cm

Inventory number

293

Credit line

Kunsthaus Zürich, 1860

Signature

Inscriptions

Accession year

1860

Provenance

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Literature (general)

- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 60. - Ekhart Berckenhagen: Anton Graff. Leben und Werk, Berlin: Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1967, No. 1341 [«wohl alte Kopie» (ohne Kenntnis des Originals)].

Object type

painting

Classification

B 1[1] painting 16th to 18th century CHE

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