Christoph Frideric Imhof Ab Et In Helmstatt.
J. N. Bemmel ad viv. pingeb. J. J. Preisler invent. delineab. Val. Dan. Preisler sculpeb. [n.d., c.1750.] Rare mezzotint. 415 x 290mm (17½ x 11½"). Tears in margins taped. Half-length portrait of Christoph Friedrich Imhof (1696-1750), politician of Nuremberg, dressed in councillor's fur robes with lace collar. Astronomical instruments can be seen. Behind is an observatory with a man studying the rising sun, and statue personifications of astronomy and music.
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