Houses along a River
Jonas Zeuner
1770 - 1814
Medium
verre églomisé
Dimensions
21.5; 2.5; 26; 26.5; 32.5
About this artwork
signatuur, linksonder: ‘Zeuner fec.’
About the Artist
Jonas Zeuner · 1727–1814
Jonas Zeuner (1727–1814) was a German-Dutch artist and engraver who perfected the distinctive technique of verre églomisé—the art of engraving designs in gold and silver leaf on the reverse side of glass. Born in Kassel, Germany, Zeuner moved to Amsterdam in 1750 at age twenty-three, where he spent the remainder of his sixty-four-year career mastering and refining this specialized decorative art f...