Portret van Conrad Grossmann

About this artwork

Onderdeel van een serie van 67(?) portretten van burgemeesters van Zürich. Zie Hollstein German 110, 1-26.

Art Historical Context

This engraving, created by Swiss artist Conrad Meyer in 1679, captures the likeness of Conrad Grossmann, one of Zürich’s civic leaders. Measuring 250 by 151 millimeters, the work belongs to a larger series of approximately 67 portraits documenting the city’s burgomasters. Meyer, active in the late Baroque period, specialized in precise portrait engravings that combined sharp line work with subtle tonal modeling to convey both status and personality. As part of this collective series, the print served an important civic function, preserving the memory of Zürich’s governing elite for posterity....

About the Artist

Conrad Meyer · 1618–1689

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