Haven met kooplieden en gevangenen

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plaatrand: hoogte 154 mm x breedte 239 mm

Art Historical Context

This etching by Johannes Gronsveld, created sometime between 1679 and 1728, captures a lively harbor scene filled with merchants and prisoners. The compact format—measuring just 154 by 239 millimeters—suggests it was designed as a portable print, likely intended for collectors or inclusion in illustrated books rather than as a large wall piece. Gronsveld, working in the Dutch tradition during the late Golden Age, used the etching medium to render fine details of ships, figures, and architectural elements with remarkable precision. Etching allowed artists like Gronsveld to achieve delicate lin...

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...