Self-portrait of artist Cornelis van den Berg, Cornelis van den Berg, print, Haarlem, 1759, paper, etching, height 138 mm x width 71 mm, Person, portrait, self-portrait of painter, A black and white engraved portrait shows an older man turned three quarters toward the viewer, wearing a broad, flat hat with a small circular ornament at the front and shoulder-length wavy hair that curls at the ends; his face displays fine etched lines indicating wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, a prominent nose, and a closed mouth with a slight downturn at the corners; he wears a high-collared garment fastened at the chest with a round decorative clasp and a patterned cloak or coat with visible textured shading; the background is filled with dense vertical and crosshatched lines creating a textured field, and a blank rectangular area below the portrait separates the figure from a lower section that contains hand-rendered script and ornamental marks.
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Self-portrait of artist Cornelis van den Berg, Cornelis van den Berg, print, Haarlem, 1759, paper, etching, height 138 mm x width 71 mm, Person, portrait, self-portrait of painter, A black and white engraved portrait shows an older man turned three quarters toward the viewer, wearing a broad, flat hat with a small circular ornament at the front and shoulder-length wavy hair that curls at the ends; his face displays fine etched lines indicating wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, a prominent nose, and a closed mouth with a slight downturn at the corners; he wears a high-collared garment fastened at the chest with a round decorative clasp and a patterned cloak or coat with visible textured shading; the background is filled with dense vertical and crosshatched lines creating a textured field, and a blank rectangular area below the portrait separates the figure from a lower section that contains hand-rendered script and ornamental marks.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Self-portrait artist Cornelis van den Berg Cornelis van print Haarlem 1759 paper etching height 138 mm x width 71 mm Person portrait self-portrait painter black white engraved older man turned three quarters viewer wearing broad flat hat small circular ornament front shoulder-length wavy hair curls ends face displays fine etched lines indicating wrinkles eyes mouth prominent nose closed mouth slight downturn corners wears high-collared garment fastened chest round decorative clasp patterned cloak coat visible textured shading background filled dense vertical crosshatched lines creating textured field blank rectangular area portrait separates figure lower section contains hand-rendered script ornamental marks

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