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Lieven Willemsz van Coppenol
Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1658
It is hardly a coincidence that Coppenol is portrayed holding a sheet of paper and a pen; after all, he was a calligrapher. He was not without vanity. He asked poets to write odes to his skill, which he then inscribed in calligraphy below his portrait. Rembrandt etched him twice; the first version with his grandson Antonius was probably not entirely to his liking.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-573
- Dimensionsheight 260 mm x width 190 mm
- Physical characteristicsets, droge naald en burijn