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: Signed in the printing plate at the lower right: “Krüger sc.”; inscribed in the printing plate at the lower left: “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 Dresden. 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 had 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-François de Silvestre—the son of the director of the Dresden Drawing School. He was one of the most respected genre painters in Paris. BIBLIOGRAPHY: 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. 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), Image: 11.0 cm x 15.5 cm (4.3 x 6.1 in) Condition: Good condition. The sheet is browned and has faint foxing due to its age; the corners are creased from having been mounted on a backing.