Portrait of the theologian Christian Frederick Berner. 1754.

After the original by K. F. Lisievsky. 1753.

Engraving, etching. 455 × 320.

Under the image: CHRISTIANVS FRIDERICVS BOERNERVS S. Theol[ogiae] D[octor] et Professor Primarius ... Lipsiensis Academiae Senior. Natus Dresdae die 6. Novembr. Anno 1683. Denatus Lipsiae die 19. Novembr. Anno 1753; in the lower corner of the sheet, on the left: C. F. R. Lisiewsky pinx. 1753; on the right: J. M. Bernigeroth sc. Lipsiae 1754.

Inv. G 358.

Lisiewski, Christoph Friedrich Reinhold (1725, Berlin – 1794, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg) was a German portrait painter of Polish origin. Court painter of the Dukes of Mecklenburg.

Boerner, Christian Frederick (1683, Dresden – 1753, Leipzig) – Lutheran theologian, professor of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Leipzig, later its dean and rector. Bibliophile.