Portret van Jakob Hoogen
1780 - 1834
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
112; 78
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 112 mm x breedte 78 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Jakob Ho** is a finely crafted engraving by Ernst Karl Gottlieb The, a German artist active from around 1780 to 1834. This intimate portrait, measuring just 112 mm high by 78 mm wide (plate size), depicts Jakob Hoogen, likely a notable figure from the Dutch cultural sphere given the artwork's title in Dutch.lott's work reflects the late Enlightenment era, when portraiture served as a means of personal commemoration and social status, bridging the precise neoclassicism of the 18th century with emerging Romantic sensibilities. As an engraving, the piece showcases the meticulous te...
About the Artist
Ernst Karl Gottlieb Thelott · 1760–1834
Ernst Karl Gottlieb Thelott (1760–1834) was a German copperplate engraver and painter whose career spanned the transition from Enlightenment classicism to early Romanticism, working primarily in Augsburg and later becoming a representative figure of the Düsseldorf School of Painting. Born in Augsburg—one of Germany's historic centers for printmaking and artistic crafts—Thelott developed his engrav...