Caption
Twelve heads of women, print, On the top row: Catherine the Great, Christine of Sweden and Joan of Arc. Among them: Adrienne Lecouvreur, a woman from Danzig and Maria Theresa of Austria. The other women are unknown., inscription: 'f 6.45', printmaker: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Berlin, 1775, paper, etching, height 227 mm x width 153 mm, Print also used in: Lavater, Johann Kaspar. Physiognomonic Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniß und Menschenliebe. Leipzig and Winterthur: heirs of Weidmann and Reich and Heinrich Steiner and Compagnie, 1775-1778., Person, Christina (Queen of Sweden), Maria Theresia (Roman-German Empress), Johann Caspar Lavater, historical persons - BB - woman, A vertical sheet showing a grid of engraved portrait busts of women and one man, each rendered in profile or three-quarter view, arranged in rows; the portraits display varied hairstyles and headwear including braids, ribbons, flowers, bonnets, caps with plumes, and high coiffures, with detailed line shading and stippling defining facial features, hair texture, and clothing edges; some figures wear necklaces, collars, or lace trims, and one central portrait shows long curly hair and a loose shirt collar; the paper has a slightly aged appearance with faint spots and a pale background.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A83_441
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