Doorsnede en vooraanzicht van het baldakijn aan het noordportaal

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 496 mm x breedte 330 mm

Art Historical Context

Petrus Johannes Arendzen’s etching “Doorsnede en vooraanzicht van het baldakijn aan het noordportaal” offers a precise architectural study of a canopy above a north portal. Created between 1875 and 1895, the print presents both a frontal elevation and a cross-section, allowing viewers to understand the structure’s three-dimensional form and decorative details. At nearly 50 by 33 centimeters, the large plate captures intricate stonework and sculptural elements with remarkable clarity. Etching was ideally suited to such documentary work; the medium’s fine, controlled lines permitted the accurat...

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...