Regering van Waarheid en Rede
Pieter Tanjé
1716 - 1761
Medium
etching
Dimensions
150; 185
About this artwork
ets en gravure
Art Historical Context
**Regering van Waarheid en** (The Reign of Truth and Reason) a striking etching and engraving by Pieter Tanj, a prominent Dutch printmaker active between 1716 and 1761. Created during the Dutch Enlightenment, this small yet intricate work (150mm × 185mm) captures an allegorical vision of truth and reason triumphing, likely symbolizing the era's growing faith in rational inquiry and moral governance. Tanjé, based in Leiden and Haarlem was renowned for his precise reproductive prints that made grand paintings accessible to a wider audience. The dual technique of etching—where acid etches lines ...