De vrolijke drinker

About this artwork

Reproductie van een schilderij uit de collectie van het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, SK-A-135. Prent afkomstig uit: Brink, J. ten (et al.). Het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam: [25] etsen van J.A. Boland. Haarlem: J.M. Schalekamp, [1875-1876] (13 A 20).

Art Historical Context

Created between 1875 and 1876, “De vrolijke drinker” is an etching by Johannes Arnoldus Boland that reproduces a painting then housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (SK-A-135). Measuring just 213 by 163res, the print was of twenty-five etch Boland contributed to the publication *Het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam*, issued by J.M. Schalekamp in Haarlem. These modest yet carefully worked plates allowed a wider audience to study masterpieces from the national collection at a time when travel and photography were still limited. Etching, with its fine, incised lines and tonal possibilities, was ideally su...

About the Artist

Johannes Arnoldus Boland · 1838–1922

Johannes Arnoldus Boland (1838–1922) was a Dutch etcher and engraver who played a significant role in the 19th-century etching revival in the Netherlands while serving as a restorer at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam for over three decades. Born on December 19, 1838, in Geesteren, a small town in the eastern Netherlands, Boland dedicated his career to both preserving and creating art, embodying the d...