Print Description
Medium: Lithography on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 15.7 x 24.5 cm (6.18 x 9.65 inch). Image size: 12 x 20 cm. (4.72 x 7.87 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some foxing and yellowing present, creasing, and soiling; otherwise strong impression with full margins intact. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET, FRENCH PAINTER, MARINE PAINTER PORTRAIT, NICOLAS MAURIN, ?LISABETH VIG?E LE BRUN, DELPECH LITHOGRAPH, HISTORICAL FIGURE PRINT | PCO-E22-19
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Printed by Delpech, Paris. Portrait after Vigee Le Brun, lithographed by Nicolas Maurin.
Reference: Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, FN1233; inv. S-FN18817 / FN9995.
Biography engraver: Nicolas Maurin (1799-1850) was a French lithographer and painter known for his refined portraits, particularly of artists, writers, and fashionable society. He worked closely with printers like Delpech and is well regarded for his expressive line work in lithography.
Biography artist: Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842) was one of the most acclaimed portrait painters of 18th-century France, known especially for her depictions of nobility, including Marie Antoinette. She continued to produce influential works through the early 19th century and left a strong legacy in neoclassical and romantic portraiture.
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