Portret van Gerard Dou
Medium
etching
Dimensions
130; 182
About this artwork
onderschrift, recto linksonder, geschreven: ‘5ste proef aangelijnd chinees papier. De proeven 2, 3,4 en 6 bezit den H. vd Berch v. Heemstede’
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Gerard Dou** a delicate etching by Dutch artist Jacobus Ludovic Cornet, created in 1851. It portrays Gerard Dou (1613–1675), the renowned fijnschilder of the Dutch Golden Age, celebrated for his meticulous, candlelit genre scenes and hyper-realistic detail as a pupil of Rembrandt. Measuring just 182 × 130 mm, this intimate portrait captures Dou's legacy during a 19th-century revival of interest in Golden Age masters, when printmakers like Cornet produced homage portraits to honor artistic forebears. Etching, Cornet's chosen medium, involves incising lines into a metal plate with...
About the Artist
Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet · 1815–1882
Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet (1815–1882) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and museum curator whose career bridged artistic practice and cultural preservation. Born in Leiden in 1815, Cornet devoted his life to documenting Dutch history and culture through his paintings and drawings while simultaneously working to preserve the nation's artistic heritage as head of Leiden's Prentenkabinet (Prints Cabin...