Portrait of Asmus Jacob Carstens
Maker
Carl Ludwig Fernow (artist)
1763-1808
Johann Heinrich Lips (engraver)
1758-1817
1763-1808
Johann Heinrich Lips (engraver)
1758-1817
Title
Portrait of Asmus Jacob Carstens
Date of Production
18th century
Medium
Dimensions
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 10.3 cm
Width: 10.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3231
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre within image, black ink: "C.L. Fernow del. // H. Lips sculp."; lower centre, black ink: "Asmus Jakob Carstens". Mount, Recto: lower centre, graphite: "A. Swede. painter of portraits he visited Rome and after the studying the works // of Raffaele and [.....], painted portraits from the Oedipus Tyrannus, and // after [.....] died 1790s // Portrait of A.J. Carstens // C.L. FERNOW // 2 prints - // Casten // - other".
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