Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt
Date
1805
Sitter
Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859, German) , Naturalist
Creator
Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers (1779 - 1857, French) , Engraver
After
Baron Gérard (1770 - 1837, French) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Description
Half-length seated portrait showing Alexander von Humboldt in a rectangular frame. Humboldt is turned towards his right and is shown in a coat, waistcoat and shirt with short, curly hair.
Inscribed below: ‘ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLD/NACH EINEM CROQUIS VON GERARD GEÄZT ZON AUG. DENOYERS ZU PARIS 1805./Weimar im Verl. Des F.S.priv. Landes Industrie Comptoirs.’
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German polymath and naturalist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1815, he was awarded the Copley Medal in 1852.
Inscribed below: ‘ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLD/NACH EINEM CROQUIS VON GERARD GEÄZT ZON AUG. DENOYERS ZU PARIS 1805./Weimar im Verl. Des F.S.priv. Landes Industrie Comptoirs.’
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German polymath and naturalist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1815, he was awarded the Copley Medal in 1852.
Object history
From Sir Joseph Hooker's collection