Portret van Samuel Oerthling

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

### Portrait of Samuel Oerthling Step into the refined world of 18th-century portraiture with *Portret van Samuel Oerthling*, an exquisite engraving by Johann Georg Mentzel, a skilled German printmaker active between 1687 and 1743. This intimate work captures the likeness of Samuel Oerthling, likely a notable figure from the era—perhaps a scholar, merchant, or public servant—whose visage was preserved through Mentzel's precise hand. Created during the late Baroque period, such portraits served as personal mementos and status symbols, bridging the gap between elite patronage and wider dissemin...