Man met schuine baret leunend op een stok
Medium
etching
Dimensions
78; 87
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
**Man met schuine baret leunend op een stok** (Man with Tilted Beret Leaning on a Stick), a 1773 etching by Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothnagel, captures an intimate character study in miniature scale—87mm high by 78mm wide. Nothnagel, a German engraver and painter active in Strasbourg, specialized in small, expressive prints that evoke personality through subtle lines and textures. This work exemplifies his skill in etching, a technique where acid etches designs into a metal plate, allowing for fine, spontaneous details that mimic drawing. The subject's tilted beret and relaxed pose leaning on...
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...