Monogrammist M

Monogrammist M is the designation given to an unidentified printmaker whose documented activity spans a short period between 1841 and 1842. Known primarily through a concentrated body of portrait prints, the artist specialized in reproductive imagery for publication or distribution.

The entirety of the known artistic output attributed to Monogrammist M is represented by five prints preserved in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. All five works are portraits, demonstrating the artist’s skill in producing detailed likenesses of historical figures and contemporaries. These subjects include the 17th-century painters Ferdinand Bol and Gerrit Adriaansz. Berckheyde, alongside portraits of Arnoldus Bloemers, Eduard de Biefve, and Willem Bodeman.

These examples of Monogrammist M prints, created over a two-year period, establish the artist’s involvement in the production of graphical materials in the mid-19th century. Due to their preservation in major institutional holdings, these images are often released as downloadable artwork for scholarly study.