Wednesday 6 March 2024

Hewetson (Part 35) Leibnitz


(Post under construction)

 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz (1646 - 1716).

Hewetson.

inscribed - Christophorus  Hewetson  Hibcrnus  fecit Romae  MDCCLXXXIIII.

1789- 80.


Image below from Bildindex




Erected in Hanover (Leibnitz Haus).


Much mutilated.

Very low resolution photograph.





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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz (1646 - 1716), 

Plaster bust.

Gottinngen University.

1790.

Height 85 cms.


https://sammlungen.uni-goettingen.de/objekt/record_kuniweb_1312150/

I suspect that this is an early cast - it has obviously been stripped of paint and it appears that the head has been off and glued back in place.













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