Portret van kunstenaar Orazio Riminaldi

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228

Art Historical Context

This etching by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia offers a thoughtful portrait of the Baroque painter Orazio Riminaldi, created between 1752 and 1762. Though Riminaldi worked in the early seventeenth century, Campiglia’s print revives his image for an eighteenth-century audience, reflecting the period’s growing interest in documenting and celebrating earlier masters through reproductive prints. Executed in etching, a technique prized for its ability to render delicate lines and tonal nuance, the work measures 274 by 171 millimeters. Etchings like this one played an important role in disseminating artists’ likenesses across Europe, allowing collectors and scholars to study and appreciate figures from previous generations without needing access to original paintings. A collector’s mark stamped on the reverse (Lugt 2228) further enriches the print’s story, indicating its passage through notable hands and underscoring its enduring value within art-historical circles.

About the Artist

Giovanni Domenico Campiglia · 1692–1775

Italian painter and printmaker.