A blogger just sent me this. Does anyone know the history or origin of this paiting?
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A blogger just sent me this. Does anyone know the history or origin of this paiting?
I’m guessing but the men in the painting look like famous people in the French Revolution. Is one of them Voltaire?
I believe the painting is by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. He was a Jewish German painter born in 1800. the painting itself dates from 1854 and depicts three major figures of 18th-century thought—the dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, the Swiss divine Johann Caspar Lavater and the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.
Hope that helps. Found the info from a few sources.
Niall
painted in 1856 I apologise.
National Gallery, London – William Hogarth:
Marriage A-la-Mode: 1. The Marriage Settlement
About 1743
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/largeImage?workNumber=NG113&collectionPublisherSection=work
Sorry, Not William Hogarth…
whoever did it it dont matter. its a great painting just like the ones sophia polgar can do.
BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR GM. SUSAN
POLGAR, THE SUPERSTAR OF CHESS…
FROM A GAME SHE POSTED RECENTLY, AT MONROI. black was jaan elverhest.
on move 22 i think jann choose to castle but he had a better move, a silent but lethal one. Can you find it???
hope u like it susan and all chess and painter lovers.
if u dont find it, well heres my email jcalekhine@yahoo.com.mx ill be please to tell u.
bye jb.
!happy bday Zsusan!
Moses Mendelssohn (Jewish philosopher) (l) playing J.C. Lavater (Lutheran theologian) (r).Watching is Gotthold Lessing