435 - E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), Pericles on his deathbed, Copper engraving

E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), Pericles on his deathbed, Copper engraving Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756 Dresden - 1834 ibid.) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 Großschönau - 1806 Dresden): Pericles on his deathbed, 18th century, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Lower right signed in the printing plate: "E.G. Krüger sc. Dresden.". lower left inscribed in the printing plate: "Schenau del.". Date: 18th century Description: The depiction shows Pericles dying of the plague. His nephew Alcibiades swears to him the fulfilment of his last wishes. In front is his wife Aspasia, on the left a statuette of Athena. By the hand of the Dresden engraver Ephraim Gottlieb KRÜGER. Signed below the image, left: "Schenau del.", right: "E.G. Krüger sc. Dresden.". The German painter and director Johann Eleazar Schenau, actually Johann Eleazar Zeissig, was a member and professor of genre and portrait painting at the Dresden Art Academy and already attended the Dresden Drawing School at the age of 12, where a pupil of Anton Raphael Meng had placed him and where he was trained by Charles-Francois de Silvestre - the son of the director of the Dresden Drawing School. He was one of the most respected genre painters in Paris. LITERATURE: Fröhlich-Schauseil, Anke (2018): Schenau (1737-1806). Monograph and catalogue raisonné of the paintings, hand drawings and prints by Johann Eleazar Zeißig, gen. Schenau. Petersberg. Keywords: 18th century, Figurative, People, Germany, Size: Laid paper: 19,0 cm x 12,3 cm (7,5 x 4,8 in), Depiction: 12,7 cm x 8,0 cm (5 x 3,1 in) Condition: Good condition. The image makes a very good impression. The sheet is foxed in the margins and slightly soiled in places; right edge of the sheet with two marginal tears; slightly creased in the corners of the sheet due to mounting on a backing; just trimmed along the printing plate.