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Jan L'Admiral
1738
Medium
Letterpress pamphlet on three sheets of cream laid paper
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
229814
About the Artist
Jan L'Admiral · 1699–1773
Jan l'Admiral (1699–1773) was a pioneering Dutch engraver whose mastery of color mezzotint technique and collaboration with leading anatomists made him a crucial figure in both artistic printmaking and scientific illustration. Born in Amsterdam in 1699 to an engraver father of the same name, l'Admiral belonged to a family of printmakers and received training that would position him at the forefron...