GRAVÜR DÜNYASI
Digital Engraving Library
| Artist | Godfrey Schalcken (1643-1706) |
| Engraver | Thomas Chambars (1724-1789) |
| Date | 1805 |
| Technique | Etching |
| Category | Portraits |
| Source | A Dictionary of Painters From the Revival of the Art to the Present Period by the Rev. M.Pilkington A.M., a New Edition, With Considerable Alterations, Additions, an Appendix and an Index by Henry Fuseli R.A. - London. Printed by John Crowder, Warwick Square |
This portrait depicts Godfrey Schalcken (1643-1706), renowned for his candlelight scenes and refined chiaroscuro. The engraving translates painterly light effects into linear form, demonstrating how reproductive prints mediated Dutch Golden Age aesthetics to later British audiences.
