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Image number: RS.1837
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Portrait of Friedrich Hoffmann
Date
1739
Sitter
Friedrich Hoffmann (1660 - 1742, German) , Chemist
Creator
Gilles Edme Petit (1689 - 1760, French) , Engraver
After
Antoine Pesne (1683 - 1757, French) , Painter
Object type
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 298mm
width (print): 239mm
width (print): 239mm
Subject
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Description
Half length portrait of Hoffman, seated, within an oval supported by a plinth and with a surround of drapery, a coat of arms and architectural details. The sitter is shown facing the viewer, his body turned to the right as viewed. Both hands rest on a book, opened at a page headed “OPER OMNIA”. Upright books and quill pens are also on the table.
With an inscription of achievements commencing: “FRIDERICUS HOFFMANNUS Regiae Majestatis Prussicae...” Inscribed below: “Anton Pesne Pictor R Effigiem Pinx: Petit Sculpsit Parisiis 1739.” In pencil lower left “1720”.
Friedrich Hoffmann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1720.
With an inscription of achievements commencing: “FRIDERICUS HOFFMANNUS Regiae Majestatis Prussicae...” Inscribed below: “Anton Pesne Pictor R Effigiem Pinx: Petit Sculpsit Parisiis 1739.” In pencil lower left “1720”.
Friedrich Hoffmann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1720.
Transcription
FRIDERICUS HOFFMANNUS Regiae Majestatis Prussicae...
Anton Pesne Pictor R Effigiem Pinx: Petit Sculpsit Parisiis 1739.
1720
Anton Pesne Pictor R Effigiem Pinx: Petit Sculpsit Parisiis 1739.
1720
Object history
Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.31. J.P.Gassiot Collection, purchased 1878.
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