Portret van Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch

About this artwork

height 305 mm x width 233 mm

Art Historical Context

This portrait, rendered on paper and measuring 305 by 233 millimeters, depicts the German-born composer and organist Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch. Created sometime between 1740 and 1774 by the Dutch artist Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak, the work offers a glimpse into the musical circles of eighteenth-century Amsterdam, where Hurlebusch served as organist at the Nieuwe Kerk and composed keyboard and vocal music in the late Baroque style. Portraits on paper from this period were often intimate studies or preparatory drawings, valued for their immediacy and ability to convey personality through delica...

About the Artist

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak · 1729–1774

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak (1729–1774) was a Dutch printmaker, painter, draughtsman, publisher, and poet whose brief but productive career exemplified the versatility expected of 18th-century Dutch artists. Born on June 14, 1729, in Rotterdam and dying on November 28, 1774, in Delft at just forty-five years old, Wakkerdak worked across multiple media including mezzotint (black art), oil painting, en...