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A female face expressing admiration. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The face of a man expressing simple bodily pain. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Teresa Diletta di Gesù e Maria. Mezzotint.

A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

[50 coloured plates / engraved by Martin Engelbrecht, from 18th-cent. German works. These are caricatures of different types of tradesmen and their wives, with the costume, tools, and apparatus of their craft. Among them are an apothecary, a spicer, and a spectacle-maker. The plates are similar to those in Larmessin's 'Album des métiers'. The artists include J.J. Stelzer, P.A. Dagmier, and P.F. Engelbrecht. All the plates except the first two have legends in French and German and appear to be from the same work].

A man's face inclined forward, expressing compassion. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Gualfardo of Verona (Wolfhard of Augsburg) kneeling in front of an angel. Engraving, 17--.

The face of a young man in a state of attention. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht, 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Interior of a distilling laboratory with five people at work. Coloured engraving by M. Engelbrecht's workshop, c. 1720.

Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A monument supported by crossed porte-crayons and surmounted by the head of an angel: frontispiece to the depictions of the passions. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

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Martin Engelbrecht

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A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A monument supported by crossed porte-crayons and surmounted by the head of an angel: frontispiece to the depictions of the passions. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The face of a young man in a state of attention. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht, 1732, after C. Le Brun.

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Martin Engelbrecht

Images from the collections

Images by Martin Engelbrecht

Works from the collections

A laughing face. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

Head of a man with hair raised, expressing despair. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The face of a man expressing horror. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

A monument supported by crossed porte-crayons and surmounted by the head of an angel: frontispiece to the depictions of the passions. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.

The face of a young man in a state of attention. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht, 1732, after C. Le Brun.

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