Christian Ludwig VON HAGEDORN

(1712 Hamburg – 1780 Dresden)

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Wooded landscape with a path near a stream and farm - 1745

Etching. From the Series ‘Landschaften und Köpfe’. Lettered below image with artist's monogram and: 'No 34 d 10. Mart. 1745'.

Size of sheet: 13.5 x 17.5.

Le Blanc, 1854 (14-25).

Superb impression. With small margins all around.

Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn: Wooded Landscape

Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn, a German diplomat, was an amateur etcher. He was interested in art from early on and acquired a reputation as a connoisseur. In 1764, Hagedorn became the first Director of the new Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden; a position he would hold until his death. Hagedorn produced a series of thirty-four etchings titled Landschaften und Köpfe (Landscapes and Heads) whose manner and motifs were greatly inspired by Rembrandt.

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