Portret van Johann Jacob Rüeger
Dietrich Meyer
1606 - 1658
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
154; 104
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 154 mm x breedte 104 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Johann Jacob Rüeger** is a delicate engraving by the German artist Dietrich Meyer, who lived from 1606 to 1658. This intimate portrait captures the likeness of Johann Jacob Rüeger, likely a notable figure from the early modern period, rendered with the precision typical of 17th-century printmaking. Measuring just 154 mm high by 104 mm wide—precisely the dimensions of the plate edge—it invites close viewing, evoking the personal scale of Renaissance and Baroque portraiture. As an engraving, the work showcases Meyer's mastery of intaglio technique: fine lines incised into a metal ...