Portret van Josephus de Longas

About this artwork

gravure en ets

Art Historical Context

Step into the refined world of 18th-century Dutch portraiture with *Portret van Josephus Longas*, a striking engraving by Pieter Tanjé from1755. Tanjé, a masterful Leiden-born engraver (1706–1761), was renowned for his precise reproductive prints that captured the likenesses of scholars, patrons, and notables during the Enlightenment era. This portrait, measuring 329 mm high by 236 mm wide,izes Josephus de Longas likely a contemporary figure of intellectual or civic prominence, in a format that made elite imagery accessible beyond oil paintings. Crafted as a "gravure en ets"—a blend of engrav...