Portrait of Counsellor Michael Gottlieb von Liebenau. 1748.

After the original by C. W. Seidel.

Engraving, etching. 480 × 300.

The lower left corner of the sheet is missing.

Under the image, on both sides of the coat of arms: Michael Gottlieb von Liebenau. Vornehmer des Raths und Schulen Praesses der Königlichen Haupt-Stadt Bresslau, des Königlichen Handels Gerichrs und des Evangelischen Stadt-Consistorii Mit-glied. Gebohren 1711. Den 30 May. Gestorben 1747. Den 23. September; below is a poetic dedication: Das klug und redliche das hold ... Welt nicht werth! ... Johann Friedrich Burg...; in the lower right corner of the sheet: J. M. Bernigeroth sc. Lips. 1748.

Inv. G 335.

Seidel, Christoph Wilhelm (c. 1710 – 1761/1762) was a German painter who worked in Breslau (Wroclaw). He mostly painted portraits of nobility and clergy, as well as paintings for local churches and monasteries.

Liebenau, Michael Gottlieb von (1711–1747) – head of the council and school of Breslau, member of the Royal Administrative Court and the city's evangelical consistory.

The author of the poetic dedication is Johann Friedrich Burg (1689, Breslau – 1766, Breslau), a German theologian, school and church inspector in Breslau, and member of the city's evangelical consistory.