Johann Eleazar Zeissig 18th.Century German Gouache Painting The Botany Lesson Circa.1770 nude Oil on copper in turned

Oil on copper in turned wood frame

This particular work is Illustrated and discussed in Iolo Williams "Early English Water-Colours

Another version of the subject was with Chris Beetles Gallery in 2010

over the shop of Thomas McLean

Johann Eleazar Zeissig 18th.Century German Gouache Painting The Botany Lesson Circa.1770 nude Oil on copper in turnedAttr. Johann Eleazar Zeissig, German School 18th. Century. Gouache on vellum stretched on wooden panel. The Botany Lesson. 24. 5 by 31 cms. Circa. 1770. Presented in a period fruitwood frame. Johann Eleazar Zeissig, also known as Schenau, was born in Saxony in 1737. He moved to Dresden at the age of 12 to become an artist, and to Paris in 1756 under the patronage of Louis de Silvestre (the son of Isral Silvestre, director of the Dresden Akademie).