Name: Antique Master Print-JOSEPH-VERNET-PORTRAIT-Cathelin-Van Loo-1770
SKU: PCO-18782
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Antique Master Print-JOSEPH-VERNET-PORTRAIT-Cathelin-Van Loo-1770

€495.00

‘JOSEPH VERNET / PEINTRE DU ROI / ET CONSEILLER EN SON ACADEMIE DE PEINTURE & SCULPTURE. / PEINT PAR L.M. VANLOO 1768. / GRAVE PAR L.J. CATHELIN 1770.’

– Oval portrait of the French marine painter Joseph Vernet, facing slightly right, with a painter’s palette and brush in hand. Surrounded by a richly engraved frame design.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 35.2 x 47.4 cm (13.86 x 18.66 inch). Image size: 30.3 x 41.3 cm. (11.93 x 16.26 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. Attached to a carrier with decorative borders handdrawn. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JOSEPH VERNET, FRENCH PORTRAIT, 18TH CENTURY, ENGRAVING, VAN LOO, CATHELIN, PAINTER, ROCOCO, ACADEMIC ARTIST | PCO-B3-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Paris by the artist, 1770.

State: Second state (ii/ii).

Reference: Firmin-Didot 1876, no. 231.

Biography engraver: Louis-Jacques Cathelin (1738/39-1804) was a French engraver known for his elegant portraits of prominent French cultural figures, often after contemporary painted originals.

Biography artist: Louis-Michel Van Loo (1707-1771) was a French court painter, celebrated for his portraits of the royal family and leading intellectuals. Part of the influential Van Loo artistic dynasty.