Portret van Caspar Titius op 78-jarige leeftijd

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verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

This engraving by Johann Dürr captures Caspar Titius at the venerable age of seventy-eight, presenting a dignified likeness typical of seventeenth-century portraiture. Created in 1656, the work reflects the era’s interest in commemorating notable individuals through widely reproducible prints, allowing their images to circulate among scholars, collectors, and admirers across Europe. Dürr, a German engraver active during the Baroque period, brought meticulous attention to facial detail and costume, emphasizing the sitter’s maturity and character. As an engraving, the medium offered fine lines ...

About the Artist

Johann Dürr · 1600–1663

Johann Dürr (1600–1663) was a German copperplate engraver who worked primarily in Weimar during the mid-17th century, producing prints for court and scholarly patrons during the tumultuous period of the Thirty Years' War. Born in 1600, Dürr's career spanned one of the most devastating periods in German history, when religious conflict and military campaigns brought widespread destruction to German...