Portret van Johannes Plantinus op 61-jarige leeftijd
Pieter Tanjé
1752
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
254; 352
About this artwork
gravure en ets
Art Historical Context
In the heart of 18th-century Dutch art, Pieter Tanjé *Portret van Johannes Plant op 61-jarige leeftijd* (Portrait of Johannes Plantinus at 61 Years Old), created in 1752, the dignified likeness of its subject through the meticulous medium of engraving. Tanjé, a prominent Leiden-born engraver active in The Hague, was renowned for his precise reproductive prints and portraits that brought notable figures to life for a wider audience. Measuring 352 mm high by 254 mm wide, this work exemplifies the era's fascination with individualized portraiture during the Enlightenment, when scholars, merchants...