3/6

About this artwork

height 144 mm x width 197 mm

Art Historical Context

This etching titled *3/6* by Johannes Gronsveld captures the intimate scale and precision characteristic of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century printmaking. Measuring just 144 by 197 millimeters, the work’s modest dimensions suggest it was designed for close viewing, perhaps as part of a portfolio, book illustration, or collector’s album. The artist’s lifespan (1679–1728) places the piece within the final flowering of Dutch Golden Age print traditions, when etchers continued to refine techniques inherited from Rembrandt and his contemporaries. Etching allowed Gronsveld to achieve d...

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...