436 - E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), The Triumph of Faith, 1788, Copper engraving

E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), The Triumph of Faith, 1788, Copper engraving Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756 Dresden - 1834 ibid.) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 Großschönau - 1806 Dresden): The Triumph of Faith, 1788, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Laid paper Inscription: Lower right signed in the printing plate: "Krüger sc.". lower left inscribed in the printing plate: "Schenau inv.". Date: 1788 Description: Signed below the depiction, left: "Schenau inv.", right: "Krüger sc.". 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, Religious, Germany, Size: Laid paper: 18,0 cm x 11,4 cm (7,1 x 4,5 in), Depiction: 14,7 cm x 8,9 cm (5,8 x 3,5 in) Condition: Good condition. The image makes a very good impression. The sheet is foxed in the margins due to its age; discoloured and slightly creased in the corners of the sheet due to mounting on a backing; just trimmed along the printing plate.