Author: Unknown maker
Title: [Antique portrait print, etching, 1786] Portrait of Jean Hoze, aka Johannes Hotze (Portret van Johannes Hoze), published 1786, 1 p.
Description: Bust portrait of Johann Hotze (1734-1801), turned to the right, facing the observer.Hotze was an internationally renown Swiss doctor. He specialized in obstetrics, midwifery and psychiatry. Hotze financially supported the work of Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) Physiognomische Fragmente (1775-1778) and this portrait was included in the French edition from 1786, published in The Hague.Inscribed at bottom: IEAN HOZE, Point d'Honneur sans Vertu. Unsigned.[NL] Antieke prent van een onbekende maker. Prent uit 1786. Portret van de beroemde Zwitserse dokter Johannes Hotze, gespecialiseerd in verloskunde en psychiatrie. Etching on laid paper, cut close to plate mark; total: 234 x 195 mm; some rubbing, a brownish trace of glue (previous mounting) on the bottom right corner; light foxing on the external margin, some minor brown stains on the plate, otherwise in very good condition.

Keywords: Book illustrations|French|Medical & Science|Portraits|Switserland