Portret van Chrétien Dubois
ca. 1790 - ca. 1829
Medium
brush
Dimensions
107; 82
About this artwork
Bruikleen van de gemeente Amsterdam
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Chrétien Dubois** Hendrik Willem Caspari captures the likeness of its sitter in a delicate miniature format, measuring just 107 mm high by 82 mm wide. Created 1790 to 1829, this intimate portrait reflects the Dutch tradition of personal portraiture during the late 18th and early th centuries, a time when the Netherlands was navigating post-Revolutionary changes and the rise of the Kingdom of Holland under Napoleonic influence. Caspari, a lesser-known artist likely working in this period, specialized in such small-scale works, which were prized as cherished keepsakes for family me...
About the Artist
Hendrik Willem Caspari · 1770–1829
Hendrik Willem Caspari (1770-1829) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and engraver of German descent whose career centered on portrait production in Amsterdam during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Born in Wesel am Rhein on January 28, 1770, Caspari moved to Amsterdam at age six in 1776, where he would spend the remainder of his life. He studied under G. Grypmoed before establis...