Oude bedelende man met jongen bij een vrouw met kaars in een venster
1739 - 1804
Medium
etching
Dimensions
35; 64
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate etching *Oude bedelende man met jongen bij een vrouw kaars in een ven* (An Old Begging Man with Boy at a Woman with Candle in a Window) Johann Andreas Benjamin Nothagel, a German engr active from around 1739 to 1804. This intimate 64mm × 35mm print captures a poignant nocturnal genre scene: an elderly beggar and a young boy plead at a window where a woman holds a flickering candle, illuminating their faces with soft, dramatic light. Such motifs echo the Dutch Golden Age tradition of everyday life and charity, adapted by Nothnagel in the Rococo era's refined sensibility. Et...
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...