Portret van Willem van Irhoven

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

**Portret van Willem vanhoven** is a striking 18th-century engraving Dutch artist Pieter Tanjé, during his active years from 1716 to 1761. Measuring 331mm high by mm wide, this portrait depicts Willem van Irhoven likely a notable figure in Dutch society during the Dutch Golden Age's waning influence and the rise of the Enlightenment. Tanjé's work exemplifies the era's fascination with precise likenesses, preserving personal and cultural histories through reproducible art. Engraving, the medium here, involved etching fine lines into a metal plate with a burin, then inking and printing to achie...