Artist
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater is a Neoclassicism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Statens Museum for Kunst.
Swiss writer and thinker Johann Kaspar Lavater made ink-and-paper images that told stories from the Bible and ancient tales. In 1778 he drew Hercules rescuing Alcestis, a powerful portrait of Luther, and the quiet moment when Christ was laid in the tomb. These prints belong to the late 1700s, when art often mixed moral lessons with sharp linework. Tap “Portrait of Luther” to see how Lavater shaped faces to reveal character.
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