Portret van Friedrich Wilhelm III
Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger
1797 - 1825
Medium
stipple engraving
Dimensions
165; 231
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III by Friedrich Wilhelm Bollinger1797–1825) is a delicate stipple engraving measuring 231 × 165 mm, capturing the likeness of Prussia's King Frederick William III during his early reign. This intimate-scale portrait reflects the neoclassical interest in dignified ruler imagery, common in late 18th- and early 19th-century Europe amid the Napoleonic era's political upheavals. Stipple engraving, Bollinger's chosen medium, employs fine dots rather than lines to build subtle tones and textures, lending a soft, painterly quality ideal for reproducing detailed facial...