Portret van Madame Nolté
Henri Grévedon
1830
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
315; 433
About this artwork
lithografie
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Madame Nolté** is a striking 1830 lithograph by French artist Henri Grévedon, measuring 433 mm high by 315 mm wide. Grévedon, a master miniaturist and portraitist active in Paris during the early 19th century, captured the elegance of his sitter in this intimate portrait. Created amid the Romantic era's fascination with individuality and emotion, it reflects the period's refined taste for detailed likenesses of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy. Lithography, the medium here, revolutionized printmaking since its invention in 1798. Grévedon exploited the technique's unique ability t...