Portret van Anne Killigrew
1672 - 1690
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
259; 185
About this artwork
height 259 mm x width 185 mm
Art Historical Context
Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we spotlight *Portret van Anne Killrew*, a delicate engraving by Dutch artist Abraham Bloteling, created sometime between 1672 and1690. Measuring mm in height by mm in width, this portrait captures the likeness of Killigrew, an poet and painter who shone in the Restoration era before untimely death at age . Bloteling, known his precise reproductive engrav, likely drew from a painted original to honor this multifaceted talentEngraving, a meticulous intaglio technique, allowed Bloteling to render fine lines and intricate details on copper plates, producing...
About the Artist
Abraham Bloteling · 1640–1690
Comment on works: portraits; painter, engraver