Portret van paus Alexander VII
1657 · etching on paper
width: 85 cm, height: 145 cm
Rijksmuseum
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Ludwig von Siegen
1609–1680
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- Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
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- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
- LocationWikidata· 80%
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- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional85%
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Ludwig von Siegen was a German soldier and amateur engraver, who invented the printmaking technique of mezzotint, a printing-process reliant on mechanical pressure used to print more complex engravings than previously possible. He was a well-educated aristocrat, and a Lieutenant-Colonel who commanded the personal guard of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and acted as a personal aide to the ruler, with the title kammerjunker or Chamberlain.
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