Dear Bernhard,
no there isn't any further portrait of Weiss, only the picture by Denner
and the engraving of this portrait.
It's true, that Hoffmann writes about three, but the engraving in the
"Neue Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaften ...", Vol. 1, 1765, is the
engraving by Folin! So he is wrong.
On the following site you will find a digital copy of the complete volume:
http://scout.ub.uni-potsdam.de/fea/digbib/view?did=c1:209&p=1
But the quality of the copy, especially of the engraving is very poor.
Also on http://www.tabulatura.com you will find a better copy of it.
Kenneth Sparr writes there:
"Silvius Leopold Weiss. Copper engraving [1765] by Bartolomeo Folino
[1730-after 1808] , after a painting (c. 1740), now lost, by Balthasar
Denner [1685-1749].
This engraving (a copy of which is in the author's collection) was
included in the first volume of Neuen Bibliothek der schönen
Wissenschaften und freyen Künste, Leipzig 1765. The reasons for dating
the original painting to c. 1740 is that it shows Weiss in his "mature"
years and that Denner in 1740 also portrayed Johann Adolf Hasse, who was
the leader of the court orchestra at Dresden. It is hardly likely that
the engraving was made before 1750 as Weiss died that year and Folino
was but 20 years old. Folino was born in Venice and died in Warsaw."
Best regards
Markus
Am 10.07.2011 18:06, schrieb Bernhard Hofstoetter:
Dear lute netters,
Carl J. A. Hoffmann's "The musicians/composers of Silesia" ("Die Tonkünstler
Schlesiens"), published in Breslau in 1830, contains an entry on Weiss, both
Silvius and Siegmund.
The last two sentences in the article on S.L. Weiss, in my translation, read as
follows:
"His picture is in the library of fine arts. There is also another one, in
octavo format, which has been drawn by Denner and engraved by Folin." (German
original: "Sein Bildniß befindet sich in der Bibliothek der schönen
Wissenschaften. Auch giebt es noch ein anderes in Oktav, gezeichnet von Denner,
gestochen von Folin.")
It seems to me that the second sentence refers to the well-known engraving by
Folin which is based on the lost painting/drawing by Denner.
The first sentence, however, apparently refers to another portrait by a painter
whose name is not given.
Is Hoffmann the only source suggesting that such other portrait ever existed?
Can anyone shed light on this matter?
Bernhard
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