Above: Portrait of Godert Dircksz. Kerckrinck ca. 1662
Johannes Thopas (ca. 1626 – 1688/95), born deaf, was one of the few artists in the Golden Age who specialized in drawn portraiture. He was especially a virtuoso in lead marker on parchment.
His earliest known works from 1646, in the collection of the Fondation Custodia in Paris, show that Thopas was a particularly talented draftsman from an early age. He portrayed both famous and unknown people.
The artist was born in Arnhem, after the death of his father his mother remarried a mayor of Emmerich. After that Thopas worked in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Assendelft, because of his disability always under the care of a guardian and living with relatives.
Portrait of probably Catharina Margaretha van Valkenburg. 1682, source: https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/128219
Film about Johannes Thopas by Rembrandt House Museum. Sign Language of the Netherlands and English subtitles
Juu: Picha ya Godert Dircksz. Kerckrinck karibu. 1662 Johannes Thopas (m. 1626 - 1688 - 1695), alizaliwa kiziwi, alikuwa mmoja wa wasanii wachache katika Enzi ya Dhahabu ambao walijishughulisha na uchoraji wa picha. Hasa alikuwa mtaalamu wa kuchora maandishi ya ngozi kwa kutumia alama ya risasi. Kazi zake za kwanza za kuchora za 1646 na 1648 zinapatikana katika makusanyo ya Fondation Custodie huko Paris, na zinaonyesha kwamba Thopa alikuwa mchoraji mwenye kipaji cha kuchora tangu utotoni. Alichora watu mashuhuri na wasiojulikana. Msanii alizaliwa katika Arnhem, baada ya kifo cha baba yake mama yake re-married meya wa Emmerich. Baada ya hapo Thopas alifanya kazi katika Amsterdam, Haarlem na Assendelft, kwa sababu ya ulemavu wake daima chini ya utunzaji wa mlezi na kuishi na jamaa. Picha ya labda Catharina Margaretha van Valkenburg. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika makala ya ""Rembrandt"" na ""Kichekesho cha Rembrandt"" katika makala ya ""Kichekesho cha Rembrandt"" na ""Kichekesho cha Rembrandt"" katika makala ya ""Kichekesho cha Rembrandt"" na ""Kichekesho cha Rembrandt"" katika makala ya ""Kichekesho cha Rembrandt.""" Lugha ya Ishara ya Uholanzi na maandishi ya Kiingereza