Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 22 January 1729, 15 February 1781, was an important poet of the Enlightenment, 1729-1781, a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, in the picture is Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, at the age of 6 years, with his brother Theophilus, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date not known