Portret van Rooms-Duits keizerin Maria Theresia
Pieter Tanjé
1727 - 1761
Medium
etching
Dimensions
311; 220
About this artwork
height 311 mm x width 220 mm
Art Historical Context
Behold the elegant *Portret van Rooms-Duits keizer Maria Theresia*, an etching by Dutch engraver Pieter Tanj, created sometime between 1727 and1761. Measuring 311 mm high by 220 mm wide, this intimate portrait captures the poised likeness of Maria Theresa, the formidable Holy Roman Empress who ruled the Habsburg domains from 1740 to 1780. Tanjé, renowned for his precise reproductive prints, likely drew from earlier paintings to honor this influential monarch, whose reign shaped European politics amid wars and reforms. Maria Theresa's image symbolized absolutist power and maternal authority—sh...