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Georg Kilian

Georg Christoph Kilian, Georg Desmarées, Dominicus Custos

Georg Kilian

1769

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Georg Christoph Kilian, Georg Desmarées, Dominicus Custos

Georg Kilian

1769

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 253 x 196 mm. (9 15/16 x 7 11/16 in.) Plate: 202 x 160 mm. (7 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.) Image: 180 x 148 mm. (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.12374
Portrait of the painter and engraver, Georg Kilian; half-length, turned to the left, in the process of drawing the coat-of-arms of his ancestor, Bartholomäus Kilian I.

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "Georg Demarées pinxit / 1729."; below image, lower center, in plate six lines of text beginning "Georg Kilian, Maler und Kupferstecher in Augspurg..."; below image, lower right, in graphite "Chr Kilian Sc"; below image, lower right, in graphite "1152"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Georg Christoph Kilian

German, 1709 - 1781
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Artist

Georg Desmarées

Swedish, 1697-1776
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Publisher

Dominicus Custos

Netherlandish, active in Germany, c. 1550-1612
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