Name: Antique Print-FRENCH-EROTIC-ENGRAVING-COMTESSE-Deveria-c.1900
SKU: IMG_5320
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Antique Print-FRENCH-EROTIC-ENGRAVING-COMTESSE-Deveria-c.1900

€75.00

‘MADAME LA COMTESSE EST SI BONNE.’

– Erotic French engraving from around 1900, after Achille Deveria. This scene, titled Madame la Comtesse est si bonne, portrays a luxurious boudoir setting where a noblewoman lounges seductively on a bed, engaging with a uniformed officer. The intimate setting features draped fabric, a side table with a drink, and a partially opened door where a maid secretly observes the affair. Dev?ria, known for his romantic and libertine works, captures an atmosphere of intrigue and desire, characteristic of French erotic art of the 19th century. The attention to luxurious furnishings and costume details is typical of his style.

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Description

Medium: Engraving and aquatint etching on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 26.8 x 23.2 cm (10.55 x 9.13 inch). Image size: 24.5 x 19 cm. (9.65 x 7.48 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light age-toning and minor foxing, but well-preserved overall with crisp details. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ACHILLE DEVERIA, EROTIC PRINT, FRENCH ENGRAVING, 19TH-CENTURY ART, LIBERTINE, ROMANTICISM, SENSUALITY, BOUDOIR SCENE, NOBLEWOMAN AFFAIR | FRAMED

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Early 20th-century reproduction based on an original 19th-century design by Deveria.

Biography artist: Achille Deveria (1800-1857) was a 19th-century French artist, famous for his lithographic portraits of writers and artists, as well as his erotically themed engravings and illustrations. His works are considered emblematic of the Romantic era.