Officier en dame met roos in haar hand
Joannes Bemme
1800 - 1841
Medium
etching
Dimensions
200; 280
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
**Officier en dame metos in haar hand** a delicate etching by Dutch artist Joannes Bemme created sometime between 1800 and 1841. The title, translating to "Officer and Lady with a Rose in Her," evokes a tender moment of courtship: a uniformed officer gazes at a elegantly dressed woman holding a single rose, a classic symbol of love and romance Bemme, active in the Netherlands during the Napoleonic era and the early Kingdom of the Netherlands, specialized in such intimate genre scenes, capturing the sentimental spirit of the Romantic period amid shifting political landscapes. Etched on a modes...