Portret van Louis Hymans
1831 - 1900
Medium
etching
Dimensions
149; 198
About this artwork
height 198 mm x width 149 mm
Art Historical Context
Jean-Baptiste Meunier’s *Portret van Louis Hymans* (Portrait of Louis Hymans), created between 1831 and 1900, captures the essence of 19th-century Belgian portraiture. Meunier, a skilled Belgian etcher and painter active during Belgium’s cultural renaissance, specialized in intimate, realistic depictions of contemporaries. This small-scale work, measuring just 198 mm high by 149 mm wide, likely honors Louis Hymans, a figure from Belgium’s burgeoning professional class, reflecting the era’s fascination with personal legacy through art. As an etching, the portrait showcases Meunier’s mastery of...
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Meunier · 1821–1900
Jean-Baptiste Meunier (1821–1900) was a distinguished Belgian painter, draftsman, and engraver whose career exemplified the high technical standards of 19th-century European printmaking. Born on July 28, 1821, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (a commune of Brussels) and dying on February 6, 1900, in Ixelles, Meunier was a central figure in Belgian artistic culture, connected to important artistic families ...