Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse, 17th century, Mezzotint; first state, Sheet: 16 7/16 x 11 15/16 in. (41.8 x 30.3 cm), Prints, Ludwig von Siegen (German, 1609–after 1676), This accomplished portrait ranks as the first mezzotint ever made. Siegen sent it to the sitter, his former patron Amelia Elizabeth, landgravine of Hesse-Cassel, in August 1642, accompanied by a letter in which he described the technique—and claimed its invention
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Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine, Hesse, 17th century, Mezzotint, first state, Sheet, 16 7/16 x 11 15/16, 41.8 30.3 cm, Prints, Ludwig von Siegen, German, 1609–after, 1676, accomplished, portrait, ranks, mezzotint, Siegen, sitter, former patron, Amelia, Elizabeth, landgravine, Hesse-Cassel, August 1642, accompanied, letter, described, technique— claimed, invention
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