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Portrait of Friedrich August Hoffmann Christiaan Andriessen (1775-1846)
point of brush and brown ink, with watercolour, over a sketch in pencil, c. 1807-1808
The sitter was a German pupil of Jurriaan Andriessen, Christiaan’s father. He is here portrayed in a casual pose, smoking a pipe. Hoffman’s name is written in code at the bottom of the sheet. Andriessen used code so often that it must have been intended to conceal information from outsiders, or create a sense of secrecy.
- Object numberRP-T-2016-30
- Dimensions179 mm x 130 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseelpunt in bruin, penseel in roze, grijs en geel over resten van een schets in zwart krijt