Antique Master Print-FOUNTAIN-ENCHANTED-TRUTH-LOVE-UNICORN-Macret-Cochin-1783

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

Sheet size: 36.7 x 31 cm (14.45 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 33.8 x 29 cm. (13.31 x 11.42 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Trimmed near plate marks. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LA FONTAINE ENCHANTÉE DE LA VÉRITÉ D’AMOUR, HONORÉ D’URFÉ, L’ASTRÉE, ALEXANDRE ROSLIN, AUGUSTIN DE SAINT-AUBIN, CHARLES NICOLAS COCHIN, ALLEGORY, FRENCH ENGRAVING | PCO-B3-02

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Paris by Martin de Monchy; illustration to Honoré d’Urfé’s L’Astrée.

Reference: Bocher 446.III; British Museum 1998,0426.22.

Biography engraver: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736–1807) was a French engraver, draughtsman and illustrator celebrated for his refined Rococo style book illustrations and reproductive prints. Charles François Adrien Macret (1749–1783) was a French engraver active in Paris, known for reproductive engravings after leading eighteenth-century French artists.

Biography artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin fils (1715–1790) was a prominent French draughtsman, engraver and art critic who worked extensively for the French court and contributed to the dissemination of Rococo and Neoclassical imagery.