8/12

About this artwork

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Art Historical Context

This etching and engraving by Johannes Gronsveld, titled *8/12*, offers a glimpse into the refined world of Dutch printmaking at the turn of the eighteenth century. Created during the artist’s lifetime (1679–1728), the small-scale work—measuring just 153 by 237 millimeters—likely served as the eighth plate in a series of twelve. Such numbered series were common in the period, allowing artists to explore extended narratives, allegories, or topographical subjects that could be collected and appreciated in bound volumes or portfolios. Gronsveld’s combination of etching and engraving techniques r...

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...