Portret van Dirk Langendijk
Joannes Bemme
ca. 1805
Medium
etching
Dimensions
184; 150
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Dirk Langijk** is a delicate etching by the Dutch artist Joannes Bemme, created around 1805. Measuring just 184 mm high by 150 mm wide, this intimate portrait captures the likeness of Dirk Langendijk likely a figure of local note in early 19th-century Netherlands. Bemme, active during a time of transition from the Dutch Golden Age to Napoleonic influences, specialized in printmaking, producing works that blended neoclassical precision with everyday realism. Etching, the chosen medium, highlights Bemme's technical skill: lines are incised into a metal plate with acid, allowing fo...