Print Description
Intense engraving of a monstrous human figure with exaggerated features, framed in a circle.
Made by Heinrich Daniel Nether after Rembrandt van Rijn.
Medium: Etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 5 x 5 cm (1.97 x 1.97 inch). Image size: 5 x 5 cm. (1.97 x 1.97 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Losely attached to carrier sheet. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NETHER, ETCHING, GROTESQUE, REMBRANDT, HUMAN MONSTER, 18TH CENTURY | PCO-EXPO-100
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Heinrich Daniel Nether (1760-1819) was a German engraver and pupil of Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine. His works often replicated the style of Old Masters such as Rembrandt.
Biography artist: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), the Dutch master, is known for his dramatic use of light and shadow, and for his depictions of intimate, genre scenes and historical subjects.
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