Portrait of Lievan van Coppenol
mid-17th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Accession Number
24.36.9
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 17th-century Dutch portraiture with *Portrait of Lieven van Coppenol*, an exquisite engraving by Cornelis Vcher from the mid-1600s. Visscher, a skilled printmaker during the Golden Age, captures the sitter—a notable figure likely from scholarly or professional circles—in a poised, introspective pose. Measuring 11½ x 9¼ inches, this intimate-scale print exemplifies the precision of engraving, where fine lines incised into a metal plate create rich tonal contrasts and lifelike detail, making high-quality reproductions accessible beyond oil paintings. Engravings li...
About the Artist
Cornelis Visscher · 1629–1658
Cornelis Visscher (1629–1658) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver, draughtsman, and printmaker born in Haarlem, the brother of fellow artists Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher. Little is known of his early life, but he studied under the Haarlem painter and engraver Pieter Claesz Soutman, with whom he closely collaborated from 1649 to 1650, producing numerous portrait engravings for Soutman's print ...