Print Description
Medium: Lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 33 x 49 cm (12.99 x 19.29 inch). Image size: 21 x 26 cm. (8.27 x 10.24 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light soiling and minimal foxing in margins. Strong impression, sheet with wide margins and no tears. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FLOOD SCENE, GIRODET, ROMANTICISM, ENGRAVING, DELUGE, HEROIC NUDE, DISASTER ART, FRENCH 19TH-CENTURY PRINT | PCO-B9-09
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Galerie des peintres, Jean-Claude Chabert, Paris, 1834.
State: Early lithograph.
Reference: Referenced as part of the Chabert Galerie des peintres series (BNF and other institutional catalogues).
Biography engraver: Possibly Antoine Maurin (1793-1860), French engraver and lithographer, known for historical and portrait prints; Villain possibly refers to Fran?ois Villain, known for lithographic reproduction in early 19th century France.
Biography artist: Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824), pupil of Jacques-Louis David, French painter associated with Romanticism and Neoclassicism. Known for emotionally dramatic and poetic compositions.
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