Austrian copperplate engraver, graphic designer and draughtsperson (1733-1811)

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A woman whose physiognomy expresses (according to Lavater) weakness, affectation and languor. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century, after J.M. Schmutzer.

J.C. Wetter. Line engraving by J. H. Lips after Schmutzer.

A physiognomy expressing weakness and affectation. Drawing, c. 1789, after J.M. Schmutzer.

Ulysses seizing Astyanax from his mother Andromache. Engraving by J.M. Schmutzer, 1778, after Albrecht Kasimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen, after M. Preti.

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Jakob Matthias Schmutzer

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Works from the collections

A physiognomy expressing weakness and affectation. Drawing, c. 1789, after J.M. Schmutzer.

Ulysses seizing Astyanax from his mother Andromache. Engraving by J.M. Schmutzer, 1778, after Albrecht Kasimir, Duke of Saxe-Teschen, after M. Preti.

A woman whose physiognomy expresses (according to Lavater) weakness, affectation and languor. Engraving by Barlow, 19th century, after J.M. Schmutzer.

J.C. Wetter. Line engraving by J. H. Lips after Schmutzer.