Antique Master Print-LE-TRIOMPHE-DE-LA-MUSIQUE-MUSIC-Thouvenin-Westal-c.1800

Medium: Stipple engraving, hand-colored (contemporary) on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 49.9 x 39.8 cm (19.65 x 15.67 inch). Image size: 47 x 37 cm. (18.5 x 14.57 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Damage (fold line, tears and thin paper spots) from previous framing at c. 2 cm from the edges. Image further in good condition. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JEAN THOUVENIN, TRIUMPH OF MUSIC, STIPPLE ENGRAVING, ALLEGORY, MUSIC, 18TH CENTURY DECORATIVE PRINT, FRENCH ENGRAVING | PCO-B9-04

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Reference: Mentioned in Benezit; recorded in French and European museum collections.

Biography engraver: Jean Thouvenin (Paris, ca. 1765 ? after 1828), French engraver in burin and stipple, active in Joinville (Haute-Marne), Paris, London, and Rome. Known as a skilled reproductive engraver, he interpreted works by artists such as Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Vincenzo Camuccini, Claude-Louis Desrais, Charles Le Brun, Nicolas Poussin, Raphael, Rubens, and Veronese. His oeuvre spans religious, historical, allegorical, and decorative subjects. His works are held in major collections including the BnF, Louvre, ENSBA, Albertina, and others. He also taught pupils such as Jean Geoffroy (b. 1793).