Portrait of J. C. Hoppenhaupt

Glume, Johann Gottlieb (1711-1778)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
ca. 1750
Height:
13.1 cm  (5 3/16 in.)
Width:
9.8 cm  (3 7/8 in.)
Signed low left: Glume ad vivum fecit
Technique / Medium:
etching
School:
German

    Item location

  • British Museum
    [Museum inv. no.: 1956,0308.163]

Description

Hoppenhaupt, Frederick the Great's decorator, and his wife. He is seated in profile holding a flute in his right hand; the wife is standing behind him, holding a cittern.

People as subjects

Hoppenhaupt, Johann Christian (fl. 1742-1778/86)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955]
Cittern [3106]

Musical works

illegible music notation

Image URLs

image link 1
British Museum image
image link 2
British museum catalogue entry

Bibliographic references

Griffiths, Antony and Frances Carey. German printmaking in the age of Goethe (London: British Museum Press, 1994) 48. ISBN 0714116599.

RIdIM record id

2960