Portret van Lambert Klaasz Aker
Pieter Tanjé
1743
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
158; 213
About this artwork
height 213 mm x width 158 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Lambert Klaasz Aker** *Pieter Tanjé, 1743, engraving, 213 × 158 mm* Step into the refined world of 18th-century Dutch portraiture with Pieter Tanjé's *Portret van Lambert Klaasz Aker*, a delicate engraving from 1743. Tanjé, a skilled Haarlem-based engraver active during the Dutch Enlightenment, specialized in capturing the likenesses of notable contemporaries. This intimate portrait likely commemorates Lambert Klaasz Aker, a figure from the burgeoning merchant class or local elite, reflecting the era's emphasis on individual achievement and social status amid the Netherlands' ...