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Portrait of Christian Gottlieb Glafey
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Portrait of Christian Gottlieb Glafey

Jacob Houbraken · 1756 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Christian Gottlieb Glafey, half-length to the right, in an architectural cartouche with border inscription in German. Below the portrait a ledge, beneath which a plaque with a six-line verse in German. On the cartouche papers and emblems of poetry, such as the lyre and a trumpet of praise.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePortret van Christian Gottlieb Glafey. 1756. Jacob Houbraken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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