Antique Master Print-SAINT-VALERY-SUR-SOMME-Aliamet-Hackert-c.1770

Medium: Etching and copper engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: lettering.

Sheet size: 50.7 x 40.3 cm (19.96 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 46 x 35.7 cm. (18.11 x 14.06 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SAINT-VALERY, SOMME, FRANCE, COASTAL TOWN, PANORAMA, 18TH CENTURY, ENGRAVING, HACKERT, ALIAMET, FISHING, RIVER SCENE | PCO-B9-38

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in France between 1746-1788, after a painting by Hackert.

Reference: Meyer Kunstlerlexikon 1872?1885, Bd. I, S. 310.19.

Biography engraver: Jacques Aliamet (1726-1788) was a French engraver known for landscapes and marine scenes after contemporary artists such as Vernet and Hackert. Active in Paris and a member of the Academie Royale.

Biography artist: Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807) was a German landscape painter known for his detailed, luminous scenes of Italy and France. He served as court painter to the King of Naples.