Beautiful portrait of Théophile Steinlen (1859-1923) engraved in 1901 by Pieter Dupont (1870-1911) in Paris. Both famous artists were friends and this impressive portrait clearly shows Dupont's affection for his friend Steinlen: in all the details that were in Steinlen's studio. An article has been published about this portrait/engraving by Stephen Goddard (Spencer Museum of Art) in which he describes the uniqueness of this portrait, but also explains the details of e.g. all books in this etching (in Steinlen's cupboard) with the meaning for philosophy in Steinlen's (and Dupont's) art. Dupont started this engraving by Steinlen in 1900 and only finished it in 1901. This engraving is printed according to the "chine-colle" process in which the engraving is simultaneously printed and rolled out on thin (chine) paper and on thicker paper (colle). Pieter Dupont spent a number of years (between 1896-1902) in France and, especially during his stay in Paris, he made impressive engravings of workers with their workhorses along the Seine (see also another engraving by Dupont in my collection), for which he received a gold medal during the Exposition Univeselle in 1900 in Paris. The attached photo of Pieter Dupont in his studio (see last photo) shows a number of these engravings hanging on the wall behind him, including the "Steinlen engraving". In 1902 Pieter Dupont returns to Amsterdam, where he is appointed professor at the RijksAcademie