Portret van Robert Nanteuil
1831 - 1900
Medium
etching
Dimensions
205; 275
About this artwork
gravure en ets
Art Historical Context
This etching by Jean-Baptiste Meunier a thoughtful portrait of Robert Nanteuil, the celebrated 17th-century French engraver and drafts. Created sometime between 1 and 1900, the work measures 275 by 205 millimeters and employs the delicate lines of etching to capture its subject. Meunier, working in the 19th century, pays homage to an earlier master of printmaking whose own portraits helped define the golden age of French engraving. Etching allowed artists like Meunier to achieve fine tonal gradations and expressive detail, qualities well suited to commemorating Nanteuil’s legacy. The medium’s...
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 ...