697 - E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), Vignette: Putto beneath a shield, Copper engraving

E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), Vignette: Putto beneath a shield, Copper engraving Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756 Dresden - 1834 ibid.) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 Großschönau - 1806 Dresden): Vignette: Putto beneath a shield, 19th century, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Lower right signed in the printing plate: "Krüger sc.". lower left inscribed in the printing plate: "Schenau inv.". Date: 19th century Description: Vignette for Carl Wilhelm Daßdorf's "Ode on the Peace Feast in Saxony", Leipzig 1779, on the occasion of the Peace of Teschen. Signed below the image: "Schenau inv. / Krüger sc.". Ephraim Krüger was an engraver from Dreden. 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. Ephraim Krüger was an engraver from Dresden. Keywords: 19th century, Figurative, Nature, Germany, Size: Paper: 12,7 cm x 17,0 cm (5 x 6,7 in), Depiction: 11,0 cm x 15,5 cm (4,3 x 6,1 in) Condition: Good condition. The sheet is browned and pale foxed due to its age, creased in the corners due to mounting on a backing.