About this motif
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing lived in Berlin for several years, working as a critic and writer. His name is closely linked with the Berlin Enlightenment and with friends such as Moses Mendelssohn.
Holleck-Weithmann's etching "Lessing House" shows, in a narrow portrait format, a small house with a red roof behind an iron gate, with tall facades behind. Image about 8 x 11 cm, black and white or hand-coloured, framed on request.
