Portret van John Perceval
John Faber (II)
1734
Medium
paper
Dimensions
253; 354
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 354 mm x breedte 253 mm
Art Historical Context
"Portret van John Perce" is a striking 18th-century portrait engraving by John Faber II (1684–1756), a leading English mezzotint artist dated to 1734. Faber, renowned for his reproductive prints after celebrated painters like Godfrey Kneller and Thomas Hudson, captured the likeness of John Perceval—likely the prominent Anglo-Irish politician and nobleman, second Earl of Egmont. This work exemplifies the Georgian era's fascination with aristocratic portraiture, where images served as symbols of status and legacy. Executed on paper with precise dimensions of 354 mm high by 253 mm wide (matching...