Portretten van Otto van Veen, Adam van Noort en Marcus Gheeraerts II
1764
Medium
etching
Dimensions
154; 104
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 154 mm x breedte 104 mm
Art Historical Context
In the refined tradition of 18th-century printmaking, Jan l'Admiral's 1764 etching *Porten van Otto van Ve, Adam van Noort Marcus Gheeraerts II captures the likenesses of three pivotal Flemish from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Otto van Veen, aist painter and mentor to Peter Paul Rubens, Adam van Noort, another Rubens teacher known for his religious works, and Marcus Gheera II, a portraitist who flourished in Elizabethan England, honored here in a compact composition measuring just 154 mm high by 104 mm wide. Created over a century after their lifetimes, this print reflects t...
About the Artist
Jan l'Admiral · 1699–1773
Jan l'Admiral (1699–1773) was a pioneering Dutch engraver whose mastery of color mezzotint technique and collaboration with leading anatomists made him a crucial figure in both artistic printmaking and scientific illustration. Born in Amsterdam in 1699 to an engraver father of the same name, l'Admiral belonged to a family of printmakers and received training that would position him at the forefron...