“What can less the image of a living man be than a shade? Yet how full of speech! Little gold, but the purest.”
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and Reformed theologian.
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Born 15 November 1741 · Died 2 January 1801 · Q123918
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Artnet news: Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Artnet news: Marco Alvise Pitteri and Johann Kaspar Lavater
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1801· 1 entry
Died 1801-01-02.
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1741· 1 entry
Born 1741-11-15.
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