A smirking man with his hands in a muff. Etching attributed to R. Brichet, 1783, after J. F. de Göz.

  • Goez, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von, 1754-1815.
Date:
[1783]
Reference:
2954079i
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Description

In the background left, an arch, and right, a house.The man is represented as one of a number of "different characters and human forms", in this case "La fleur": meaning without money?

Publication/Creation

[Augsburg] : [Kaiserlich Franziskische Akademie?], [1783]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 22.3 x 15.5 cm

Lettering

La fleur. J.F. de Göz del. R. Brichet sculp. 1783

Notes

The series of which this is a part is cited as: "Exércices d'imagination de differens caractéres et formes humaines", Paris 1784, and as "Die heutige sichtbare Körperwelt oder 100 Charakter ( - ) Züge derer denen Menschen [...] äusserlich kennbar werdender, innerlich verborgener guter - oder böser leidenschafftlicher Beschaffenheiten [...] Erfunden und gezeichnet von Joseph Franz von Göz. Herausgegeben und zu finden bey der gemeinschaftlichen Handlung der kays. franziszischen Reichsakademie Fr. K. und W. in Augsburg [...]", 1783-1785

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, département des estampes. Tome III, Paris 1934, p. 370, Brichet no. 7 (the set)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2954079i

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