Print Description
Original antique master print showing officers stopping, on the foreground, officers sitting in the grass, around a meal set on a tablecloth; beyond some horsemen; in the foreground, some bottles set to chill in a stream.
Made by Simon Ravenet after Carle Vanloo.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 29.5 x 42 cm (11.61 x 16.54 inch). Image size: 27.5 x 40.5 cm. (10.83 x 15.94 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Plate cropped. Small brown spot bottom edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
OFFICER-MILITARY-RESTING-EATING-HORSES | DPO-A2-003-29
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Paris c. 1750.
Biography engraver: Simon Francois Ravenet (1706-1774), French engraver. Often signs as F. Ravenet; the date of his birth is given in French sources as 1706 and in English as 1721 (which must be wrong); trained by Jacques Philippe Lebas.
Biography artist: Carle or Charles-Andre van Loo (1705-1765) was a French painter.
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