Lot Essay
See F.G.A.M. Smit, Uniquely Dutch eighteenth-century stipple-engravings on glass, Peterborough, 1993, p. 19 for some specific characteristics of Alius' work:
highlights strongly contrast with low-key areas; stippled outlines may remain partly visible; heads and bodies are of natural proportions but facial features, especially nose and mouth, are often too small.
highlights strongly contrast with low-key areas; stippled outlines may remain partly visible; heads and bodies are of natural proportions but facial features, especially nose and mouth, are often too small.