Borstbeeld van een jonge vrouw
1625 - 1632
Medium
etching
Dimensions
146; 124
About this artwork
ets
Art Historical Context
Jan Lievens' *Borstbeeld van een jonge vrouw (Bust of a Woman), created between 1625 and1632, is a example of Dutch Golden Age printmaking. This intimate etching, measuring just 146 mm high by 124 mm wide, captures poised elegance of its subject in a bust-length portrait. Lievens, a prodigious talent from Leiden (1607–1674), was a close contemporary and collaborator of Rembrandt, sharing studios and innovating in the vibrant artistic scene of the early 17th century. ching, the medium here—denoted simply as "ets" in Dutch catalogs—allowed Lievens to achieve remarkable detail and tonal subtlety...
About the Artist
Jan Lievens · 1607–1674
Jan Lievens (1607–1674) was born in Leiden and showed exceptional artistic promise from an early age, beginning his training with the local painter Joris van Schooten before traveling to Amsterdam around 1617 to study for two years under Pieter Lastman—the same teacher who would later instruct Rembrandt van Rijn. Lievens and Rembrandt, near-contemporaries born in the same city, subsequently shared...