Zelfportret van Pieter Louw
Pieter Louw
1743 - 1760
Medium
pen
Dimensions
103; 139
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 139 mm x breedte 103 mm
About the Artist
Pieter Louw · 1725–1800
Pieter Louw (1725–1800) was a Dutch painter-engraver who achieved recognition primarily for his accomplished mezzotint reproductions of old master paintings. Born in October 1725 in Amsterdam and dying in March 1800 in the same city, Louw's career spanned the full breadth of the 18th century, a period when reproductive printmaking played a crucial cultural role in disseminating knowledge of painti...