Man met baard en platte muts
Medium
etching
Dimensions
82; 54
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
"Man met baard platte muts"Man with Beard and Flat Cap), a delicate etching by Johann Andreas Benjamin Nnagel from 1771, captures essence of 18th-century portraiture miniature form. Measuring just 82mm high by 54mm wide, this intimate print exemplifies Nothnagel's skill as a German engraver, who specialized in expressive character studies of everyday figures. Created during the Enlightenment era, when artists increasingly celebrated ordinary people alongside nobility, the work likely draws from the tradition of physiognomic portraits—exploring personality through facial features and attire. E...
About the Artist
Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel · 1729–1804
Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel (1729–1804) was a German painter, etcher, and commercial artist who successfully bridged the worlds of fine art and commercial manufacturing while developing a distinctive etching style that emulated Rembrandt's expressive techniques. Born in March 1729 in Buch am Forst in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Nothnagel's career exemplifies the 18th-century artist-entrepreneu...