Portret van Johanna Catharina Schubert
Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer (I)
1814 - 1880
Medium
stipple engraving
Dimensions
165; 205
About this artwork
stippelgravure
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Johanna Catharina Schubert** is a delicate stipple engraving by Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer (I), a 19th-century artist active between 1814 and 1880. This intimate portrait captures the likeness of Johanna Catharina Schubert, rendered in a modest scale of 205 mm high by 165 mm wide—perfect for personal collections or albums of the era. Meyer's work reflects the tradition of engraved portraits that brought fine art to a wider audience during the Romantic period, when such prints democratized portraiture beyond oil paintings reserved for the elite. The medium, stipple engraving (known ...