Pan and Pomona, c. 1685
Jan Verkolje; Artist: after Caspar Netscherexpand_more
Mezzotintexpand_more
The Herschel V. Jones Fund, by exchangeexpand_more P.72.52
Not on Viewexpand_more
In the late 17th century, Dutch painting became hyper-refined in both technique and subject matter. Here, this smooth-limbed Pan's identity is almost completely obscured, except for a hint of his elongated ears. Paintings with enamel-like surfaces barely showed a brushstroke; so, printmakers such as Jan Verkolje developed to a high degree of perfection the non-linear technique of mezzotint-halftones-which could produce almost seamless gradients of shading.
Details
- Title
- Pan and Pomona
- Artist Life
- 1650 - 1693
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.72.52
- Provenance
- Lanna (L. 2773); Boymans Museum (L. 700a)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Le Bl.33 i/iii
- Curator Approved
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