Portret van Maria von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Medium
etching
Dimensions
161; 230
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Maria von Hohenzoll-Sigmaringen** is a delicate etching by Belgian artist Jean Baptiste Pierre Michiels, in 1882. just 230 mm high by 161 mm wide, this intimate captures Maria, a member of the prominent Hohenzollern-Saringen family—a noble lineage tied to European royalty, including branches in Germany and Romania.iels, known for his precise reproductive engravings, renders her likeness with the finesse typical of 19th-century portraiture, highlighting her status through elegant pose and attire. Etching, the medium here, involves coating a metal plate with acid-resistant ground,...