Portret van Leonard Bramer
1619 - 1680
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
165; 116
About this artwork
height 165 mm x width 116 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Leonard Bramer** is a delicate engraving by Antony van der Does, Dutch printmaker active during the Golden Age (circa 1619–1680). This intimate portrait captures Leonard Bramer, a renowned 17th-century painter celebrated for his dramatic nocturnal scenes and Italianate landscapes influenced by his travels to Rome. At just 165 mm high by 116 mm wide, the work exemplifies the compact scale typical of portrait prints, designed for collectors and artists' circles to share likenesses affordably. Engraving, van der Does's chosen medium, involved incising fine lines into a metal plate ...
About the Artist
Antony van der Does · 1609–1680
Flemish, 1609–1680