Description
This is an intricate etching and engraving depicting a ceiling scene from Versailles. It includes allegorical figures such as Fame (Fama), military and regal symbols, and a triumphant narrative of the capture of Ghent by the French. In the clouds, angels blow trumpets.
Made by Nicolas de Beauvais after Jean Baptiste Masse after Charles Le Brun.
Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 79.1 x 59.5 cm (31.14 x 23.43 inch). Image size: 79.1 x 59.5 cm. (31.14 x 23.43 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Minor creases and small margins; otherwise in excellent condition. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
VERSAILLES, CEILING, FAME, ALLEGORY, BATTLE, TRIUMPH, FRENCH ART, 18TH CENTURY, MILITARY | PCO-EXPO-414 (LARGE)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Plate 7 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.
Biography engraver: Nicolas de Beauvais (1688-1763) was a French engraver, known for his detailed interpretations of ceiling decorations and allegorical compositions.
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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