4. Johann Friedrich Leonart (Leonhardt)
(1633-1687)

Johann Welter, Town Musician of Nuremberg

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Leonart, Johann Welter

Johann Welter, Town Musician of Nuremberg

Etching and engraving, 1668, 159 x 110 mm., undescribed in Nagler, LeBlanc and Hollstein. Fine impression on laid paper with small margins, drum-mounted to a larger sheet. Welter (1614-1666) was born in Dunkirk, worked in Brussels and later in Nuremberg where, obviously, he was idolized as a lutenist. This print was produced as a memorial two years after his death. Here he holds his lute and places his right hand on a book of music.