Portrait of Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709–1751), 1770, Georg Friedrich Schmidt, German, 1712 - 1775, 12 9/16 x 9 3/16 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Sanguine and conté crayon, Germany, 18th century, A native of Berlin, Schmidt came to Paris to study printmaking with Nicolas Larmessin and became a member of the Royal Academy in 1742. He returned to Berlin in 1744 to serve as engraver to the King of Prussia and in 1757, established a school for printmakers at Saint Petersberg. The subject of Schmidt’s portrait, Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709–1751)

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