Haid, Johann Jacob (near Göppingen 1704 - 1767 Augsburg), Portrait of the painter and composer Christian Ludwig Baron von Löwenstern, stipple engraving after a painting by Johann Christian Fiedler (1697 - 1765), below the "window" from which the painter is looking out, titled in detail, inscription of the engraver and the original painter in the lower margin, 45.8 x 31.8 cm, with distance to the glass under glass in a Biedermeier frame 55.7 x 42 cm, paper slightly browned and somewhat stained in the margins, frame slightly bumped and with scratches, the sheet was professionally cleaned and restored in 2007, restoration report available. 4503-0073

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