12/12

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

**"12/12" by Johannes Gronsveld (9–1728)** Step into the refined world of 17th- and early 18th-century printmaking with *12/12*, a finely wrought etching by Dutch artist Johannes Gronsveld Measuring a modest 156 mm high by 240 mm wide, this intimate work likely concludes a series of twelve plates, as suggested by its intriguing title. Gronsveld, active during waning years of the Dutch Golden Age contributed to a vibrant tradition of etching that bridged Baroque elaboration with emerging Rococo lightness, producing detailed images prized by collectors for their precision and portability. Etch...

About the Artist

Johannes Gronsveld · 1650–1728

Johannes Gronsveld (also spelled Gronsvelt or Groensveld, active 1679–1728) was a Dutch engraver working in Amsterdam during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, specializing in reproductive engravings after works by prominent Dutch and Flemish painters. His career coincided with the post-Golden Age period of Dutch art, when the explosive creativity of the mid-seventeenth century h...