Vrouw voor een spiegel

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Art Historical Context

Aert Schouman’s 1752 engraving *Vrouw voor een spiegel* captures an intimate domestic moment in which a woman pauses before her mirror. Working in the refined tradition of eighteenth-century Dutch printmaking, Schouman employed the engraving technique to translate delicate line work and subtle tonal gradations into a compact sheet measuring just 150 by 98 millimetres. The small scale invites close looking, rewarding the viewer with finely incised details of fabric, reflection, and expression that were characteristic of the period’s interest in everyday elegance. Engravings such as this played...

About the Artist

Aert Schouman · 1710–1792

Comment on works: Portraits; Interiors; Landscapes; Still life