Name: Antique Master Print-HERMANUS-VAN-BRUSSEL-ARTIST-PORTRAIT-Bagelaar-Hendriks-1815
SKU: PICTURA-12885
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Antique Master Print-HERMANUS-VAN-BRUSSEL-ARTIST-PORTRAIT-Bagelaar-Hendriks-1815

€145.00

‘”H. VAN BRUSSEL. PICTOR”‘

– Small oval portrait of Hermanus van Brussel, shown bust-length and turned slightly to the left, dressed in early nineteenth-century coat and cravat. The portrait is set within a simple oval and printed with wide margins on laid paper. Hermanus van Brussel (1763-1815) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher, especially known for landscapes, river views and topographical scenes. This portrait print was made in 1815 by Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar after a design by Wijbrand Hendriks, to accompany the 1815 edition of Van Brussel’s etchings. Bagelaar was a Dutch etcher and amateur artist with a particular interest in printmaking, while Hendriks was a prolific Haarlem painter and curator of Teylers Museum.

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Description

Medium: Stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 14.5 x 20.2 cm (5.71 x 7.95 inch). Image size: 14 x 19 cm. (5.51 x 7.48 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soiling, and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HERMANUS VAN BRUSSEL PORTRAIT, BAGELAAR ETCHING, WIJBRAND HENDRIKS PORTRAIT, DUTCH ARTIST PORTRAIT PRINT, 1815 ETCHING, HAARLEM ARTIST PORTRAIT | PCO-E31-48

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Made to accompany the 1815 edition of the etchings of Hermanus van Brussel; etched by Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar after Wijbrand Hendriks.

Biography engraver: Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar (1775-1837) was a Dutch etcher born in Eindhoven. Initially trained for a military career, he developed into a skilled printmaker and produced numerous etchings after his own designs and after other artists. He travelled in Germany and Paris and was admired for his refined graphic work.

Biography artist: Wijbrand Hendriks (1744-1831) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and print designer from Haarlem. He worked in a wide range of genres, including portraits, interiors and landscapes, and also served as curator of Teylers Museum. His designs were frequently translated into print.