Meisje met blaker bij een open raam
1739 - 1792
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
353; 246
About this artwork
height 353 mm x width 246 mm
Art Historical Context
**Meisje met bl bij een open raam**Girl with a Lamp by an Open Window*), an engraving by John Greenwood from his active period (1739–1792), captures a quiet domestic moment. Measuring 353 mm in height and 246 mm in width, intimate print depicts a young girl holding a blaker—a traditional handheld lamp or sconce—beside an open window. title evokes a sense of everyday life in 18th-century Europe, blending soft light and shadow to suggest evening tranquility or quiet contemplation. Greenwood, a skilled English engraver, excelled in detailed reproductive prints that brought genre scenes to wider ...
About the Artist
John Greenwood · 1959–present
John Greenwood (born 1959) is a contemporary British painter who rose to prominence in the early 1990s as part of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement that transformed the British art scene. Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Greenwood studied at York College of Arts and Technology, Cheltenham, and the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1990 with multiple prestigious awards. His work, characterized by...