Portret van Isaäc Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Adrien Canelle
1866
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
445; 623
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
"Portret van Isaä Dignus Fransen van Putte" is a striking 1866 lithograph by Adrien Canelle, capturing the dignified likeness of its namesake subject. Measuring an impressive 623 mm high by 445 mm wide, this large-format portrait exemplifies the mid-19th-century fascination with detailed, reproducible imagery. Lithography, the medium here, was a revolutionary planographic printing technique perfected in the early 1800s, allowing artists like Canelle to achieve fine tonal gradations and subtle textures akin to drawing directly on stone—ideal for disseminating portraits of prominent figures acro...