Hoofd van een Moorse vrouw
1625 - 1674
Medium
etching
Dimensions
61; 73
About this artwork
height 73 mm x width 61 mm
Art Historical Context
**Hoofd van een Moorse vrouw (Head of a Moorish)** Jan Lievens a prominent Dutch artist of Baroque era (1607–1674), created this intimate etching during prolific career spanning 162–1674. A contemporary and friend of Rembrandt Leiden, Lievens was for his expressive portraits and masterful printmaking, capturing the human form with dramatic intensity. This small work, measuring just 73 mm high by 61 mm wide, the Dutch Golden Age's with character studies, or *tronies*—fictional or exotic heads that explored emotion and physiognomy. The etching depicts the head of a "Moorish" woman, reflectin...
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...