Portret van Ludovico Ariosto

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 233 mm (plaatrand onduidelijk) x breedte 146 mm (plaatrand onduidelijk)

Art Historical Context

Behold the *Portret van Ludovicoosto*, a finely detailed steel engraving by Karl Barth created between 1828 1853. Measuring 233 mm high by 146 mm wide, intimate portrait captures the likeness of the renowned Italian Renaissance poet Ludov Ariosto (1474–1533), best known for his epic chivalric poem *Orlandoioso*. Barth's work revives Ariosto's legacy in the 19th, a time when Romantic interests in medieval and Renaissance heroes fueled a surge in literary portraits. Steel engraving, the medium here, marked a technical leap from traditional copperplate engraving. Introduced in the early 1800s, s...

About the Artist

Karl Barth · 1787–1853

Karl Barth (also known as Carl Barth or Johann Carl Barth, 1787–1853) was a versatile German artist who worked as a copperplate engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and portrait engraver during the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Born in Eisfeld in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen and dying in Kassel, Barth exemplified the multi-talented artist-craftsman of the Roman...