‘LA SERVANTE CONGEDIE.’

– Original antique master print depicting an 18th century scene from France. A maid is being fired. On the floor are two small children looking up.

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Description

Original antique master print depicting an 18th century scene from France. A maid is being fired. On the floor are two small children looking up.

Made by Nicolas Voyez after Greuze.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 29 x 41.5 cm (11.42 x 16.34 inch). Image size: 26 x 40 cm. (10.24 x 15.75 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Plate cropped. Some crinkles near edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

MAID-FIRED-CHILDREN-LA SERVANTE CONGEDIE | DPO-A2-003-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Paris by Beauvarlet c. 1770.

Biography engraver: Nicolas Joseph Voyez (1742-1806), French engraver.

Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) was a French painter, born in Tournus. He was taken under the wing of Grandon, who later took him to Lyon and Paris. From 1757 he exhibited in the Salon of the Academie.