658 - C. PFEIFFER (*1769) after OELENHAINZ (*1745), Joh. Caspar Lavater (born 1741), 1800, Stipple engrav

C. PFEIFFER (*1769) after OELENHAINZ (*1745), Joh. Caspar Lavater (born 1741), 1800, Stipple engrav Carl Hermann Pfeiffer (1769 Frankfurt on the Main - 1829 Vienna) after August Friedrich Oelenhainz (1745 Endingen Near Balingen - 1804 Phalsbourg (Lorraine)): Portrait of the philosopher Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801), 1800, Stipple engraving Technique: Stipple engraving on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Gemahlt von Oelenhainz. | Gestochen von C. H. Pfeiffer. | Lavater. | Nürnberg bey Johann Friedrich Frauenholz. 1800.". Date: 1800 Description: The bust portrait of Johann Caspar Lavater (1741 Zurich 1801) shows him in a jacket and waistcoat with his shirt collar open, his gaze directed into the distance. He is holding a book in his right hand, his index finger between the pages. At the back, an open curtain provides a glimpse of the books on the shelf. The philosopher and writer became particularly famous for his four-volume work "Physiognomische Fragmente, zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniß und Menschenliebe", which was published between 1775 and 1778 and contains instructions on how to characterise people by their physical features and facial features. Keywords: Book, Writer, Germany, Switzerland, Printmaking, Portrait, Physiognomy, 19th century, Romanticism, Portraits, Germany, Size: Paper: 47,1 cm x 34,7 cm (18,5 x 13,7 in), Plate: 38,7 cm x 27,7 cm (15,2 x 10,9 in), Depiction: 27,7 cm x 22,5 cm (10,9 x 8,9 in) Condition: Good condition. Occasional pale foxing recognisable. Soiled and slightly bumped along the edges in places.