PETER BALTHASAR VON MURALT (SWISS, 1746-1814)

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PETER BALTHASAR VON MURALT (SWISS, 1746-1814)
Salomon Gessner (1730-1788), in green-lined blue gown, white shirt and striped tan scarf worn loosely around his neck
signed and dated 'B d Muralt 1798' (mid-left)
on ivory
3 in. (76 mm.) diam, gilt-metal mount within square gilt-wood frame with beaded surround and floral spandrels
The reverse is inscribed 'Gessner par M. de Muralt major au Service de la République de Zurich'.

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Salomon Gessner, the Swiss pastoral poet, also painted and engraved landscapes. He was born in Zurich where he was a book seller. His poem 'Tod Abels', a type of heroic prose poem, published in 1758, enjoyed the greatest success.
The present miniature is inspired by an oil painting by Anton Graff (1781/1782), illustrated in E. Berckenhagen, Anton Graff, Berlin, 1967, p. 145, no. 453.