Portret van een oude vrouw met geplooide plooikraag

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 282 mm x breedte 205 mm

About the Artist

Pieter Louw · 1725–1800

Pieter Louw (1725–1800) was a Dutch painter-engraver who achieved recognition primarily for his accomplished mezzotint reproductions of old master paintings. Born in October 1725 in Amsterdam and dying in March 1800 in the same city, Louw's career spanned the full breadth of the 18th century, a period when reproductive printmaking played a crucial cultural role in disseminating knowledge of painti...