Clio
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
263; 214
About this artwork
opschrift, buiten plaatrand rechtsonder, handgeschreven: ‘PJ Arendzen 12 Sept 1863’
About the Artist
Petrus Johannes Arendzen · 1855–1935
Petrus Johannes Arendzen (1846–1932) was a Dutch etcher, draughtsman, and painter who dedicated his career to creating reproductive etchings of Dutch paintings in English collections while living in England from 1873 onward. Born in Amsterdam in 1846, Arendzen married Epiphania, daughter of Johan Stracké, and left his native city to pursue a unique commission from the Dutch Government: to copy the...