Johann Jakob Haid, Balthasar Denner, and others
Barthold Heinrick Brockes
1723-1766
Scroll
- Artist: Johann Jakob Haid
- Artist: Balthasar Denner
- Publisher: Johann Jakob Haid
Barthold Heinrick Brockes
1723-1766
Physical Qualities
Mezzotint, Sheet: 419 x 269 mm. (16 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.)
Plate: 311 x 189 mm. (12 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.10185
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "Denner pinxit."; in image, lower right, in plate "I. Iac. Haid fecit et exc. A. V."; below image, lower center, in plate BARTHOLD HEINRICUS / BROCKES, Lt. / Comes Palatinus Caesareus et Reipubl. / Hamburgensis Senator."; in image, lower right, in plate "Dec. II"; below image, lower center, in graphite "Barth. Heinr. Brockes / German Poet celebrated in his time / born 1680 at Hamburg / died 1747 at same city - contemporary of / Gessner and Wieland / write cheifly moral poems." Verso: lower right in graphite diamond with "10662 / 20"
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: unidentified letters
