Sprokelend Kind
Jan Toorop
1899
Medium
Color drypoint in orange on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15.6 × 18.7 cm (6 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 20.6 × 23.1 cm (8 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
102698
About the Artist
Jan Toorop
Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' Toorop (1858–1928) was one of the most influential Dutch artists at the turn of the twentieth century, whose distinctive Symbolist style and flowing Art Nouveau lines left an indelible mark on European art. Born on December 20, 1858, in Purworejo on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), Toorop brought a unique synthesis of Eastern and Western...