Print Description
The Departure of the Nanny or Nurse. Original antique master print showing a scene from 18th century France.
Made by J. B. Simonet after J. B. Greuze.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 31.5 x 47.5 cm (12.4 x 18.7 inch). Image size: 27 x 38.5 cm. (10.63 x 15.16 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Minor damp stain top left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
DEPARTURE-NANNY-NURSE-NOURRICE-HORSE-DOGS | DPO-A2-003-07
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in France, dated 1780.
Biography engraver: Jean-Baptiste-Blaise Simonet (French, Paris 1742?after 1813), engraver.
Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) was a French painter, born in Tournus. He was taken under the wing of Grandon, who later took him to Lyon and Paris. From 1757 he exhibited in the Salon of the Academie.
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