nach 1780
Anton Graff (Maler)
(Winterthur 1736-1813 Dresden)
Clemens Kohl (Stecher)
(Prag 1754–1807 Wien)

Radierung und Kupferstich,
Pl. 31,0 x 22,6 cm, Bl. 42,3 x 31,2 cm HAUM, Inv.-Nr. CKohl AB 3.1

1780 übernahm Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand die Regierung des Herzogtums Braunschweig von seinem Vater. Er kannte sich aus in Europa, war in jungen Jahren bis nach Italien gereist. Auch er schätzte Weitsch, bewunderte dessen Schaffenskraft bis ins hohe Alter. 1788 ernannte er ihn zum Galerie-Inspektor.

Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg
after 1780
Anton Graff (painter)
(Winterthur 1736–1813 Dresden)
Clemens Kohl (etcher-engraver)
(Prague 1754–1807 Vienna)

Etching and engraving HAUM, inv. no. CKohl AB 3.1

In 1780, Charles William Ferdinand took over the government of the Duchy of Brunswick from his father. He knew his way around Europe and had traveled as far as Italy in his youth. Like his father, he valued Weitsch and admired his undiminished creativity well into his old age. In 1788, he made him “inspector” of the ducal gallery or surveyor of his pictures.