Illustratie voor 'Den Arbeid van Mars' van Allain Manesson Mallet
1672
Medium
etching
Dimensions
111; 185
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 185 mm x breedte 111 mm
Art Historical Context
**Illustratie voor 'Denid van Mars' vanain Manesson Mallet *Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672, etching, 185 × 111 mm* This delicate etching by Romeyn de Hooghe a leading Dutch Baroque artist and illustrator, serves as an illustration for *Den Arbeid van Mars (The Works of Mars), a military treatise by French engineer and cartographer Allain Manesson Mallet. Created in 1672—the tumultuous "Rampjaar" or Disaster Year for the Netherlands amid the Third Anglo-Dutch War and invasion—the image captures the era's preoccupation with warfare and strategy. De Hooghe, renowned for his dynamic etchings in books o...
About the Artist
Romeyn de Hooghe · 1645–1708
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was a Dutch Baroque engraver, draughtsman, and political satirist who became the most prolific and versatile graphic artist of the Dutch Republic in the late seventeenth century. Born in Amsterdam, he rose to become one of early modern Europe's most important printmakers and a pioneering master of political satire. De Hooghe's significance extends far beyond his techn...