Portret van schilder Antonio Ponz
Medium
etching
Dimensions
150; 215
About this artwork
Onder het portret meetinstrumenten en een schilderspalet.
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Painter Antonio Ponz** *Manuel Salvador Carmona, 3, etching, 215 × 150 mm* This delicate etching by Spanish engraver Manuel Salvador Carmona captures the of Antonio Ponz, prominent 18th-century Spanish painter influential art critic. Created in 1793, just after Ponz's death, honors his legacy as the author of the groundbreaking *Viaje de España (1772–1794), a multi-volume travelogue that meticulously documented Spain's artistic treasures during the Enlightenment. Carmona's precise lines reflect the neoclassical emphasis on clarity and realism, hallmarks of late-18th-century Eu...