Aliqui Portus
1679 - 1728
Medium
etching
Dimensions
156; 243
About this artwork
ets en gravure
Art Historical Context
**Aliqui Portus by Johannes Gronsveld created between 1679 and1728, is a etching measuring 156 mm high by 243 mm wide. title, Latin for "Some Ports hints at maritime scenes, evoking the bustling harbors central to Dutch life during the Golden Age's waning years. Gronsveld, a skilled Dutch engraver, captured such subjects in his prints, blending observation with artistic finesse amid Europe's Age of Sail. Etching, the primary medium here (noted alongside engraving in contemporary descriptions), allowed for fluid, expressive lines etched into a metal plate with acid. This technique, perfected i...
About the Artist
Johannes Gronsveld · 1650–1728
Johannes Gronsveld (also spelled Gronsvelt or Groensveld, active 1679–1728) was a Dutch engraver working in Amsterdam during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, specializing in reproductive engravings after works by prominent Dutch and Flemish painters. His career coincided with the post-Golden Age period of Dutch art, when the explosive creativity of the mid-seventeenth century h...