Name: Antique Master Print-ROMANTIC CHURCH ENCOUNTER-GENRE-Allais-Roehn-c.1820
SKU: PCO-4382
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Antique Master Print-ROMANTIC CHURCH ENCOUNTER-GENRE-Allais-Roehn-c.1820

€345.00

‘PEINT PAR A. ROEHN / GRAVE PAR J.A. ALLAIS / LA RENCONTRE A L’EGLISE’

– An elegant young woman and man, seated beside an elderly praying woman in church. The woman prays with her eyes closed, unaware of the silent romantic interaction happening on either side of her. A delicately observed domestic moment within a sacred space.

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Description

Medium: Etching with aquatint on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 52.8 x 43.2 cm (20.79 x 17.01 inch). Image size: 46.2 x 38.2 cm. (18.19 x 15.04 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Light dampstaining in margins. Small tear at top middle margin, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ROEHN, ALLAIS, FRENCH ENGRAVING, GENRE SCENE, CHURCH INTERIOR, ROMANTIC ENCOUNTER, 19TH CENTURY PRINT | PCO-B2-37

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Engraved by Allais after Roehn; published in Paris, early 19th century.

Biography engraver: Jean-Alexandre Allais (1792-1850) was a French engraver trained by David and by Massard and Fosseyeux for engraving. He exhibited from 1819 and was known for historical, portrait, and vignette engravings.

Biography artist: Adolphe Roehn (1780-1867) was a French painter and lithographer who studied under Vincent and Regnault. Known for historical and genre scenes, he exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1799-1866.