Portret van August Michiels
Jean Baptiste Pierre Michiels
1831 - 1890
Medium
etching
Dimensions
300; 211
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 300 mm x breedte 211 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portret van August Michiels is a finely detailed etching by Jean Baptiste Pierre Mich (1831–1890), capturing the likeness of August Michiels—likely a family member or close associate. Created in the mid-to-late 19th, this portrait exemplifies the intimate, personal portraiture popular in Belgian artistic circles during the Romantic era. Measuring 300 mm high by 211 mm wide ( the plate border), its modest scale suggests it was designed for private collection or reproduction, reflecting the era's growing accessibility to printed art. Etching, Michiels' chosen medium, involves incising lines i...