Print Description
Medium: Engraving and etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 48.2 x 64.2 cm (18.98 x 25.28 inch). Image size: 44 x 45.4 cm. (17.32 x 17.87 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. Trimmed to the plate and remargined beyond. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BERNARD PICART, CHARLES LE BRUN, DOME ENGRAVING, FRENCH BAROQUE, NEW TESTAMENT, CHAPEL OF SCEAUX, ALLEGORICAL CHRISTIAN ART, THEOLOGICAL CEILING, 18TH-CENTURY PRINT | FOLDER -XLARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
After Le Brun’s ceiling in the chapel of the Chateau de Sceaux. Published jointly by Bernard Picart (Amsterdam) and Gaspard Duchange (Paris). .
Reference: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover: m F M 1: 9.
Biography engraver: Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a prominent French engraver, later active in Amsterdam. Renowned for his illustrative work and religious prints, especially his engravings for Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde.
Biography artist: Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) was France’s preeminent Baroque painter under Louis XIV, principal decorator of Versailles, and director of the Acad?mie royale. Known for large-scale allegorical and religious compositions.
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