Portret van Jacob de Wilde op 56-jarige leeftijd
Medium
etching
Dimensions
209; 160
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Behold Pieter van den Berge's *Portret van Jacob de Wilde 56-jarige leeftijd*Portrait of Jacob de Wilde at 56), a delicate etching from 1701. This intimate work, measuring just 209 mm high by 160 mm wide, captures Dutch scholar and collector in a moment of poised maturity. Van den Berge, a skilled engraver active in the during the transition from the Golden Age to the early 18th century, specialized in precise portrait prints that brought notable figures to a wider audience. Etching the medium here, was a revolutionary intaglio technique popular among Dutch artists for its fluid lines and ton...
About the Artist
Pieter van den Berge · 1669–1769
Pieter van den Berge (1659–1737) was a Dutch draughtsman, printmaker, and publisher whose long career spanned the late Dutch Golden Age into the early 18th century. Born in 1659, likely in Amsterdam, van den Berge worked as an engraver, visual artist, editorial curator, and draughtsman during a period when Dutch printmaking was transitioning from the heights of the Golden Age into new commercial a...