Portret van D.W. Veldhorst 1830

Leendert Springer’s “Portret van D.W. Veldhorst” (1830) is a portrait of a man in a formal outfit. The sitter has his hand on his head with a contemplative expression. The work is a black and white lithograph, a printmaking technique using an inked stone plate. Lithography became popular in the 19th century and allowed for the mass reproduction of images, making art more accessible to a wider audience.