Portret van Laurent Delvaux

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mezzotint en gravure

Art Historical Context

**Portret van Laurent Delvaux** is a striking 1735 engraving by Flemish artist Alexander van Haecken, capturing the likeness of Laurent Delvaux, a renowned rococo sculptor active in the Southern Netherlands. Measuring 356mm by 255mm, this portrait exemplifies the era's fascination with celebrating artists and intellectuals during the early Enlightenment. Van Haecken, a Antwerp engraver known for his reproductive prints, likely drew from a painted original to honor Delvaux's contributions to sculpture, blending portraiture with the prestige of printmaking. The work employs a combination of **m...

About the Artist

Alexander van Haecken · 1701–1758

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