Man met baard en platte muts

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Art Historical Context

**Man met baard en platte muts (Man with and Flat Cap)** *Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel 1771* *Etching and drypoint, 82 × 54 mm* Step into the intimate world of 18th portraiture with Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel's *Man met baard en pl muts*, a delicate etching capturing a bearded man in a flat cap. Created in 1771, this small-scale work (just 82 by 54 mm) reflects era's fascination with character studies, where everyday figures were elevated through meticulous printmaking. Nothnagel, a German engraver active in Strasbourg, specialized in such precise, evocative portraits that app...

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...