Oude man met baard
Johann Heinrich Schönfeld
1686 - 1724
Medium
etching
Dimensions
69; 57
About this artwork
height 69 mm x width 57 mm
Art Historical Context
**Oude man met baard *Johann Heinrich Schönfeld etching, 1686–1724, 69 × 57 mm* Step into the intricate world of 17th-century Baroque printmaking with Johann Heinrich Schönfeld's delicate etching *Oude man met ba* ("Old Man with a Beard"). This tiny gem, measuring just 69 mm high by 57 mm wide, portrays craggy face of an elderly, his flowing beard and expressive features rendered with remarkable precision. Schönfeld, a German artist celebrated for his dramatic history paintings influenced by Rubens and Italian masters, turned to etching to capture such intimate character studies. Etching's...