Portret van Humbert de Superville
Medium
etching
Dimensions
244; 177
About this artwork
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Art Historical Context
**Portret van Humbert deille** is a refined etching by Dutch artist Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet, created in 1851. 177 mm wide by 244 mm high, this intimate portrait captures the likeness of David Pierre Giottino Humbert Superville, a prominent 19th-century Dutch painter, draughtsman, and influential art theorist known for his pioneering work *Outlines of a Theory the Symbolic in the Plastic*. Produced just two years after de Superville's death in 1849, it likely served as a commemorative tribute, reflecting the era's reverence for intellectual figures in the arts. Etching, Cornet's chosen medium...
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...