Portret van Gottfried Heinrich graaf zu Pappenheim
Johann Jakob Metzger
1673 - c. 1675
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
228; 149
About this artwork
gravure
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Gottfried Heinrichaf zu Pappenheim is a striking 17th-century engraving by Johann Jakob Metzger, between 1673 and 1675. Measuring 228 mm high by 149 mm wide, this intimate portrait captures the likeness of Gottfried Heinrich, zu Pappenheim, a prominent German nobleman and military leader. Produced as a *gravure*—a precise engraving technique— exemplifies the era's fascination with reproducible imagery, allowing portraits of elites to circulate widely among collectors and admirers across Europe. Metzger, a skilled engraver working in the Baroque period, employed intricate line wo...