Antique Master Print-CHALLENGE-THREE-GOSSIPS-Tardieu-Batsalle-c.1760

(The challenge of the three gossips)

Made by Pierre Francois Tardieu after T. Batsalle.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 35 x 30.5 cm (13.78 x 12.01 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper separation at top plate edge, backed. Stain at left bottom corner. 2 Tears at bottom paper edge, backed. Light creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CHALLENGE-THREE-GOSSIPS | PCO-E8-37

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Pierre Francois Tardieu (1711?1771) was a French engraver and cartographer, nephew of Nicolas-Henri Tardieu.

Biography artist: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (1720-1778) was a French painter, engraver and draughtsman.