Portrait of Johann Jaeger, a merchant from Hirschberg. 1752.

After the original by J. D. Preisler. 1719.

Engraving, etching. 500 × 308.

Under the image: Johann Jaeger weitberühmter Kauff und Handels Mann in Hirschberg ... gebohren in Nürnberg d. 24. Decemb. 1680. gestorben d. 17. Nov. 1751; below, lower left: I. D. Preisler pinx. 1719; lower right: J. M. Bernigeroth sc. Lipsiae 1752.

Inv. G 336.

Preissler, Johann Daniel (1666, Nuremberg – 1737, Nuremberg) – painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher. A representative of the famous family of German painters. Director of the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts.

Jaeger, Johann (1680-1751) – a merchant from Hirschberg, the oldest member of the merchant society.