Portret van Catherine Parson
Jan Verkolje (I)
1683
Medium
paper
Dimensions
331; 252
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Catherine Parson** by Jan Verkolje (I), 1683 Step into the refined world of Dutch Golden Age portraiture with this elegant *Portrait of Catherine Parson*, created by Jan Verkolje (I), a masterful Dutch painter, draughtsman, and printmaker (1650–1693). Dated 1683, this work captures the poise and status of its sitter amid the prosperous Dutch Republic, a time when portraiture flourished among the merchant elite and nobility. Verkolje, renowned for his innovative use of mezzotint—a revolutionary printmaking technique that allowed for rich tonal gradations and lifelike textures—ele...