Print Description
Intricately engraved scene from a ceiling painting. It shows allegorical and historical figures related to the Franco-Dutch War of 1672?1678, with a detailed border of armor and crests.
Made by Laurent Cars after Jean Baptiste Masse after Charles Le Brun.
Medium: Engraving and etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 70 x 55 cm (27.56 x 21.65 inch). Image size: 70 x 55 cm. (27.56 x 21.65 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Middle fold as published. Slight paper separation at bottom cental fold, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
DUTCH WAR, VERSAILLES, HISTORICAL ENGRAVINGS, ALLEGORY, 17TH-CENTURY WARS, LE BRUN, MASSE, CARS | PCO-EXPO-414 (LARGE)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Plate 8 from a series of prints depicting the murals in the Grande Galerie of Versailles: ” La Grande Galerie de Versailles et les deux salons qui l’accompagnent …’, published in 1752 by the Imprimarie Royale.
Reference: IFF 18e si?cle 39; Lugt 2228.
Biography engraver: Laurent Cars (1699-1771), a prominent French engraver known for his works after Le Brun and other notable French painters.
Biography artist: Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) was one of the most influential painters of the French Baroque and chief decorator of Versailles. Jean Baptiste Masse (1687-1767) was a French painter and engraver who specialized in the reproduction of works by Le Brun and others.
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