Overlijden van jonkheer Arend Frederik Godert Jan, baron van Boecop

About this artwork

diameter 3,2 cm x gewicht 114 gr

Art Historical Context

This delicate engraving, titled *Overlijden van jheer Arend Frederik God Jan, baron van Boop* (Death of Jonkheerend Frederik Godert Jan, Baron van Boecop commemorates the passing of a Dutch nobleman 1811. Created, it takes the form of a small circular medallion measuring just 3.2 cm in diameter and a substantial 114 grams—suggesting a metal substrate, possibly silver or bronze, rather than paper. Such objects were intimate tokens of mourning, often carried or worn by family and friends to honor the deceased. In the context of early 19th-century Netherlands, under Napoleonic influence, these e...

About the Artist

anonymous

In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...