Portret van een vrouw
Henrik Ploetz
1758 - 1830
Medium
paper
Dimensions
9.5; 12; 0.6
About this artwork
height 12 cm x width 9.5 cm x depth 0.6 cm
Art Historical Context
**Portret van een vrouw (Portrait of a Woman)***Henrik Ploetz, 1758–1830* *Paper, h 12 cm × w 9.5 cm × d 0.6 cm* *Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam* This delicate portrait by Henrik Ploetz captures the likeness of an unidentified woman in a remarkably intimate scale, measuring just 12 by 9.5 centimeters Rendered on paper, it the portable miniature works popular in 18th- and early 19th-century Europe, when such small-scale portraits served as cherished personal keepsakes—tucked into pockets, lockets, or frames for loved ones separated by travel or circumstance. Ploetz, active during a transitional p...