Portret van Guilaume Anne van der Brugghen
1841 - 1842
Medium
wood engraving
Dimensions
35; 43
About this artwork
Aankoop uit het F.G. Waller-Fonds
Art Historical Context
### Portrait of Guillaume Anne van der Brugghen delicate wood engraving, created anonymously between 1841 and 1842, captures the likeness of Guillaume Anne van der Brugen, a prominent Dutch (1799–1867). just 43 mm high by 35 mm wide, it exemplifies the miniature portraiture popular in 19th-century Europe, often reproduced in books, periodicals, albums to disseminate images of notable figures. Van der Brugghen, who served as Minister of Justice and later as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, embodied the era's liberal constitutional reforms under King Willem II, making his portrait a ...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...