Portretten van Pieter Stevens
Jan l'Admiral
1764
Medium
etching
Dimensions
104; 157
About this artwork
Prent opgenomen in: Mander, Karel van; Jongh, Jacobus de (vert.). Het leven der doorluchtige Nederlandsche en eenige Hoogduitsche schilders. Amsterdam: Steven van Esveldt, 1764.
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...