Print Description
(‘The Fruits of Marriage’), a humble interior with, at right, a couple of villagers surrounded by four children, one of whom is using a baby walker; on the left, a boy checking the inside of a barrel, and beyond a little girl seated in front of the fireplace and reading
Made by S.F. Ravenet after Jean Pillement.
Medium: Handcoloured etching / engraving. on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 51.9 x 43.5 cm (20.43 x 17.13 inch). Image size: 49.2 x 42.5 cm. (19.37 x 16.73 inch).
Condition: good, given age. The bottom margin with several small creases, small stains in the margins. Paper edges with chipping and some tinny holes. Image fine. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FRUITS OF MARRIAGE-INTERIOR-FAMILY-CHILDREN | DPO-PCO-B1-30
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Separate master print, published in London, 1760.
Biography engraver: Simon Francois Ravenet I (1706-1774) was a French engraver, who worked on the Grande Galerie de Versailles. He was brought to England in 1743 by William Hogarth, and remained there. Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728-1808) was a French painter and designer. He stayed in Spain and Portugal for a few years, before repatriating to London, where he stayed from 1750 tp 1763. He then commenced to travel all over Europe, staying in Avignon, Paris, Lisbon, London, Madrid and France. He spent the last years of his life in Lyon.
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