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Summary

Elias Gottlob Haussmann: Portrait of Bach

Artist

Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1695–1774)
Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	1695	11 April 1774
Location of birth/death	Gera, Thuringia, Germany	Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Work location	Leipzig, Dresden
Authority file	: Q659736 VIAF: 66729962 ISNI: 0000000066315786 ULAN: 500020797 MusicBrainz: 4591e0eb-aa1d-4ae3-b4e7-50abeb873915 GND: 118547216

Title

Johann Sebastian Bach

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

Johann Sebastian Bach in 1746, with riddle canon

Depicted people

Johann Sebastian Bach

Date

1746

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 78 cm (30.7 in); width: 61 cm (24 in)

Collection

Museum of City History Leipzig

	Native name	Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
	Location	Leipzig
	Coordinates	51° 20′ 30.59″ N, 12° 22′ 34.97″ E
	Established	1909
	Website	www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de
	Authority file	: Q2327183 VIAF: 149363383 ISNI: 000000012182009X ULAN: 500301339 LCCN: nr91030137 GND: 2158302-X WorldCat

Current location

Old Town Hall, Museum of City History Leipzig

Accession number

XXII/48

Place of creation

Leipzig

Inscriptions

Signature and date verso:

E G Haussmann, pinxit. 1746

References

Objektdatenbank des Stadtgeschichtlichen Museums Leipzig: GOS-Nr. gm000043

Source/Photographer

Unknown source

Other versions

1748 version

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	03:20, 12 June 2021	2,616 × 3,438 (4.6 MB)	Meidosensei	.
	14:04, 3 March 2015	2,624 × 3,444 (4.96 MB)	DocNöck	Höhere Auflösung, originalgetreuere Farben
	17:07, 1 March 2006	922 × 1,193 (130 KB)	Wetwassermann~commonswiki
	17:03, 1 March 2006	922 × 1,193 (130 KB)	Wetwassermann~commonswiki	Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Original portrait in oil by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1746