Johannes Koella, Staefensis, Pictor autodidaktos [natus A. C. MDCCXL. Non omnes obtusa gestant pectora rustici.]
[Jo]hann Koella pinxit. J. Elias Haid sc[ulp: Aug. Vind. 1776.] Very fine mezzotint, sheet 380 x 295mm (15 x 11½") Trimmed within plate losing letters in the attribution. Tipped into album sheet at sides. Self portrait of Swiss artist Johann Koella (1740-78). Whole length seated at easel in studio holding a palette, brushes and a painting stick in his left hand, his right hand to hip and legs crossed. He wears a hat, waistcoat and shirt, breeches and slippers. There is a table to the left with supplies on it and a lute and lyre rests on a table covered in a cloth to the right. In the background two paintings hang on the wall and a curtain is drawn.
[Ref: 61613] £360.00