Johann Eleazar Zeissig 18th.Century German Gouache Painting The Botany Lesson Circa.1770 nude at the south corner of

at the south corner of Sutton Street

the French Neoclassicist painter

over the shop of Thomas McLean

Some old mount staining and discolouration

Johann Eleazar Zeissig 18th.Century German Gouache Painting The Botany Lesson Circa.1770 nude at the south corner ofAttr. Johann Eleazar Zeissig, German School 18th. Century. Gouache on vellum stretched on wooden panel. The Botany Lesson. 24. 5 by 31 cms. Circa. 1770. Presented in a period fruitwood frame. Johann Eleazar Zeissig, also known as Schenau, was born in Saxony in 1737. He moved to Dresden at the age of 12 to become an artist, and to Paris in 1756 under the patronage of Louis de Silvestre (the son of Isral Silvestre, director of the Dresden Akademie).