Portret van Hendrik Spilman
Pieter Louw
1743 - 1800
Medium
paper
Dimensions
178; 139
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2760
About the Artist
Pieter Louw · 1725–1800
Pieter Louw (1725–1800) was a Dutch painter-engraver who achieved recognition primarily for his accomplished mezzotint reproductions of old master paintings. Born in October 1725 in Amsterdam and dying in March 1800 in the same city, Louw's career spanned the full breadth of the 18th century, a period when reproductive printmaking played a crucial cultural role in disseminating knowledge of painti...