Portret van de predikant Jacobus Groeneveld
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
147; 200
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2760
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 18th-century portraiture with *Portret van de predik Jacobus Groeneveld (Portrait of the Preacher Jacob Groeneveld), an engraving by Charles Howard Hodges 1795. Hodges, a British artist who settled in Amsterdam, was celebrated for his meticulous reproductive engravings after paintings by masters like Rembrandt and Reynolds. This intimate work, measuring just 200 × 147 mm, captures dignified likeness of Groeneveld, a Dutch Reformed predikant (minister), reflecting the era's reverence for religious and intellectual figures amid the Enlightenment's intellectual ferv...
About the Artist
Charles Howard Hodges
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