Portrait of Johann Heinrich Heucher
Date
1744
Sitter
Johann Heinrich Heucher (1677 - 1747, Austrian) , Physician
Creator
Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713 - 1767, German) , Engraver
After
Johann Christian Besler, Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 197mm
width (print): 151mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
width (print): 151mm
height (paper support): 226mm
width (paper support): 151mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Johann Heinrich Heucher wearing short periwig and draped shoulders over coat and shirt. Framed in an arched window.
Inscribed ‘IOANNES HENRICVS DE HEUCHER Potentissimi Sarmatarum Regis Consiliarius Aulicus et Archiater, in Acad. Witteb. Therapeut. Prof et Senior Reg. Societ. Lond. Sodalis. Besler pinx J.NC. Bernigeroth sc. Lips. 1744.’ Pencilled ‘1729’ lower left hand corner.
Johann Heinrich Heucher (1677-1747) Austrian physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p29.
Inscribed ‘IOANNES HENRICVS DE HEUCHER Potentissimi Sarmatarum Regis Consiliarius Aulicus et Archiater, in Acad. Witteb. Therapeut. Prof et Senior Reg. Societ. Lond. Sodalis. Besler pinx J.NC. Bernigeroth sc. Lips. 1744.’ Pencilled ‘1729’ lower left hand corner.
Johann Heinrich Heucher (1677-1747) Austrian physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p29.
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