Portret van Pieter Jacobus van Maanen
Leonard de Koningh
1833 - 1845
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
410; 305; 370; 475
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 475 mm x breedte 410 mm
Art Historical Context
"Portret van Pieter Jacob van Maanen" is striking lithographic portrait created by Dutch artist Leonard de Koningh 1833 and 1845. Measuring 370 mm high by 305 mm wide on a larger sheet of 475 mm by 410 mm, this captures the likeness of Pieter Jacobus vananen, a prominent statesman and Minister of Justice in the early Kingdom of the Netherlands. De Koningh, active in the burgeoning field of printmaking, employs the precise lines and tonal subtleties characteristic of lithography to render a dignified, formal depiction suited to public commemoration. Lithography, a revolutionary technique inven...