Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim

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  1. January 22, 1729 in Kamenz (Sachsen)
  2. February 15, 1781 in Braunschweig
  3. Schriftsteller, Dichter, Philosoph, Bibliothekar
  4. Berlin, Breslau, Hamburg, Wolfenbüttel

Iconography

Portrait of Lessing by Anna Rosina Lisiewska during his time as dramaturg of Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre (1767/1768) (Source: Wikimedia)
Lessing, 1771 (Source: Wikimedia)
Eva Lessing (Source: Wikimedia)
Home, Wolfenbüttel (Source: Wikimedia)
Grave, Brunswick (Source: Wikimedia)
Second edition of Nathan the Wise in its first year of publication 1779. In the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection. (Source: Wikimedia)
An 1886 edition of Lessing's collected works (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Georg Sturm - 1778 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Bollinger, Friedrich Wilhelm - 1818/1832 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des G. E. Lessing, Pfenninger, Heinrich - 1771/1815 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1817/1860 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Lessing, 1839/1855 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des I. G. E. Lessing, Friedrich Theodor Müller - 1820/1837 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann David Schleuen (der Ältere) - 1770 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1839/1855 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Karl Göpel - 1840/1879 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann David Schubert - 1776/1813 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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