WEISS, Bartholomeus Ignaz
(b. ca. 1740, München, d. 1814, München)

Portrait of George de Marées

1772
Oil on zinc, 31 x 24 cm
Private collection

The sitter of this signed and dated portrait is George de Marées (1697-1776), a Swedish painter active in Germany. He is depicted at his easel, painting a portrait of Johann Christian Thomas Winck (1738-1797), a court painter in Bavaria.

The portrait may well have been done as a student exercise or as a homage paid by one relatively young artist to two of the leading artistic figures at the Bavarian Court.