Ernst Gottlob (1744-1796)
• Was a German Portraitist in oil and pastel.
• He was from Silesian region, town Glogau.
• He worked in Leipzig with Oeser, and is best known as an engraver, signing some of his works with a monogrammed EG.
• Gottlob was a travelling portrait painter who returned to Leipzig between jobs.
• He was active in Jelgava, Dresden, and Paris.
• He died in Ostrava.