Portret van Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft

About this artwork

height 371 mm x width 266 mm

Art Historical Context

This etching, titled *Portret van Hendrik Danielsz. Hooft*, was created in 1787 by the Dutch artist Rienk Jelgerhuis. Measuring 371 by 266 millimeters, the print exemplifies the refined portraiture common in the late eighteenth-century Netherlands. Jelgerhuis, active as both a painter and printmaker, employed etching to translate a formal likeness into a reproducible medium that could reach a broader audience. Etching allowed artists to achieve delicate lines and tonal subtlety, making it especially valued for capturing the dignity and status of notable sitters. In an era of growing print cul...

About the Artist

Rienk Jelgerhuis · 1729–1806

Rienk Jelgerhuis (1729–1806) was a prolific Dutch portrait painter, engraver, and draftsman whose extraordinary productivity—producing no fewer than 7,763 documented portraits during his career—made him one of the most industrious portraitists of the eighteenth-century Netherlands. Born in the Frisian capital of Leeuwarden and dying in Amsterdam, Jelgerhuis built his reputation as an itinerant por...