434 - E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), Cupid at the Altar, copper engraving

E. KRÜGER (*1756) after SCHENAU (*1737), Cupid at the Altar, copper engraving Ephraim Gottlieb Krüger (1756 Dresden – 1834 ibid.) after Johann Eleazar Schenau (1737 Großschönau – 1806 Dresden): Cupid at the Altar, 18th century, copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on laid paper Inscription: Signed in the printing plate at the lower right: “E.G. Krüger sc.”; inscribed in the printing plate at the bottom: “Schenau del.” / “The Lord has delivered you from four tribulations, and in the fifth no evil shall befall you.” Date: 18th century Description: By the hand of the Dresden engraver Ephraim Gottlieb KRÜGER. Signed below the image, left: “Schenau del.”, right: “E.G. Krüger sc.” Inscribed below: “Out of four tribulations the Lord hath delivered thee, and in the fifth no evil shall befall thee.” The German painter and director Johann Eleazar Schenau, whose real name was Johann Eleazar Zeissig, was a member and professor of genre and portrait painting at the Dresden Art Academy and 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-François 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, known as Schenau. Petersberg. Keywords: 18th century, Figurative, Nature, Germany, Size: Laid paper: 19.0 cm x 11.8 cm (7.5 x 4.6 in), Image: 12.3 cm x 7.0 cm (4.8 x 2.8 in) Condition: Good condition. The image is in very good condition. The sheet is foxed due to its age, slightly creased at the corners from being mounted on a backing; trimmed within the printing plate.