Vrouw met sluier treurt bij graftombe met urn

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 106 mm x breedte 80 mm

Art Historical Context

In the delicate etching *Vrouw met sluierurt bij graftombe met* (Woman with Veil Mourns at Tomb with Urn), created by Dutch artist Johannes Christiaan Bp in 1822, a veiled woman stands in quiet sorrow beside a classical tomb adorned with an urn. This intimate scene, measuring just 106 mm high by 80 mm wide, captures the profound emotion of grief, a recurring motif in early 19-century art that reflects Romantic sensibilities emphasizing personal feeling and mortality. Bendorp, active in the Netherlands during this period, employed etching—a technique where acid etches lines into a metal plate ...