Johann Eleazar Zeissig 18th.Century German Gouache Painting The Botany Lesson Circa.1770

Johann Eleazar Zeissig 18th.Century German Gouache Painting The Botany Lesson Circa.1770Attr. Johann Eleazar Zeissig, German School 18th. Century. Gouache on vellum stretched on wooden panel. The Botany Lesson. 24. 5 by 31 cms. Circa. 1770. Presented in a period fruitwood frame. Johann Eleazar Zeissig, also known as Schenau, was born in Saxony in 1737. He moved to Dresden at the age of 12 to become an artist, and to Paris in 1756 under the patronage of Louis de Silvestre (the son of Isral Silvestre, director of the Dresden Akademie).

Original carved fruitwood frame

The art of reverse glass painting consists of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image

He was born in London in 1757 and educated at Dr Barwis’ school in Soho Square before attending the Royal Academy Schools from the age of fifteen

Ellen Wallace Sharples 1769-1849 Portrait of a young woman seated in a chair

It acted as a wholesale company but functioned internally within the John Lewis Partnership allowing manufacturers to trade directly with the Partnership

Provenance: Sir Joshua Reynolds P

Century Sanguine Stipple Engraving

24cm x 18cm frame size 23cm x 29cm

Robert Barley Collection

with collection label of Ambrose Heal

Earl of Chesterfield

a scold who is tied to a chair with her wrists bound