Silvius
Leopold Weiss. Copper engraving [1765] by Bartolomeo Folino [1730-after 1808]
, after a painting (c. 1740), now lost, by Balthasar Denner [1685-1749].
This engraving was included in the first volume of Neuen Bibliothek der schönen
Wissenschaften und freyen Künste, Leipzig 1765. The reasons for dating the original
painting to c. 1740 is that it shows Weiss in his "mature" years and that Denner
in 1740 also portrayed Johann Adolf Hasse, who was the leader of the court orchestra at
Dresden. It is hardly likely that the engraving was made before 1750 as Weiss died that
year and Folino was but 20 years old. Folino was born in Venice and died in Warsaw. He
also engraved maps. More on this engraving can be found in my article A Poet's
Description of the Lute Playing of Silvius Leopold Weiss, and a Possible Link Between
Weiss and David Kellner.
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© Kenneth Sparr