Portrait of Christian Gottfried Merlin, Doctor of Law. 1755.

After the original by E. G. Haussmann. 1754.

Engraving, etching. 470 × 310.

Under the image: CHRISTIANVS GODOFREDVS MOERLINVS Jur. Utr. Doctor, Potent. Pol. Reg. et El. Sax. In Consiliis Aulicis, Senator et Praetor Lips. Nat. d. IV. Febr. MDCCIII. Denat. d. XIX. Nov. MDCCLIV; in the lower corner of the sheet, on the left: E. G. Hausmann post mortem pinx. 1754; on the right: J. M.. Bernigeroth sc. Lipsiae 1755.

Inv. G 341.

Haussmann, Elias Gottlob (1695, Gera – 1774, Leipzig) – German artist of the late Baroque period, official portrait painter of the city of Leipzig.

Mörlin, Christian Gottfried (1703, Leipzig – 1754, Leipzig) – Doctor of Law, counsellor, city judge of Leipzig.