Portrait of Gottfried Baumgart, a merchant from Hirschberg. 1716-1733.

After the original painting by D. Hoyer.

Engraving. 365 × 250.

Under the image, lower left: DHoÿer pinx.; lower right: Bernigeroth sc. Lips; centered below: Gottfried Baumgart Kauffmans Ältester in Hirschberg der Evangel. Kirch und Schul daselbst Vorsteher. Starb d. XII Jul. 1716...; below are four lines of a poetic dedication in honour of H. Baumgart.

Inv. G 353.

Hoyer, David (1667, Lichtenau, Saxony – 1720, Leipzig) – German portrait painter.

Baumgart, Gottfried (1660-1716) – an elder of the merchant community, head of the Evangelical church and school in Hirschberg.