Portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Hermann Muzel
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 6 11/16 in. × 4 in. (17 × 10.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1361
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Art Historical Context
This delicate engraving, *Portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Hermannel* (ca. 1778), captures the likeness of its namesake subject through the skilled hands of artists Daniel Berger and Anton Gra. Produced in the late Enlightenment era, it exemplifies the era's fascination with precise, character-revealing portraits that celebrated individual intellect and status. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department—acquired via the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in1917—this small-scale work (trimmed to 6 11/16 × 4 inches) was designed for intimate viewing, perhaps in private collecti...
About the Artist
Friedrich Ludwig Hermann Muzel|Daniel Berger|Anton Graff (German|German|Swiss) · 1715 |1744 |1736 –1784 |1824 |1813
German, Berlin 1715–1784 Berlin|German, 1744–1824|Swiss, Winterthur 1736–1813 Dresden