Schrijvende man
Jean Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine
ca. 1774 - ca. 1789
Medium
etching
Dimensions
22; 26
About this artwork
height 26 mm x width 22 mm
Art Historical Context
Discover the delicate etching *Schrijvende man*Writing Man) by Jean Pierre Norblin la Gourdaine, around 1774–1789. This diminutive work, measuring just 26 mm high by 22 mm wide, captures figure intently writing, rendered with the precision of an 18th-century master. Norblin, a French artist and engraver who spent much of his career in Poland, was renowned for his lively depictions of everyday life,, and customs in Eastern Europe during a time of cultural exchange between France and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Etching, Norblin's favored medium here, involves coating a metal plate with ...