Portret van Frederik I van Pruisen
Étienne Desrochers
1678 - 1741
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
322; 199
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Behold the elegant *Portret van Frederik I van Pruisen*, an engraving by the skilled French artist Étienne Desrochers (active 1678–1741). Measuring 322 mm high by 199 mm wide, this intimate portrait captures the likeness of Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg and the first King in Prussia (r. 1701–1713). Desrochers, renowned for his precise reproductive prints, crafted this work during a golden age of European portraiture, when engravings democratized royal imagery for collectors and admirers across courts and cabinets. Engraving, the medium here, involves incising fine lines into a metal pla...