Print Description
En-profil portrait of a woman reading ‘Eloyse’, while seated at a table.
Made by after Gilles Demarteau after Francois Boucher.
Medium: Photoengraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 27 x 35.5 cm (10.63 x 13.98 inch). Image size: 20 x 27 cm. (7.87 x 10.63 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some staining in margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
READING-LADY-ELOYSE-PORTRAIT | DPO-PCO-1-75
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Gilles Demarteau (c.1729-1776) was a French engraver. He worked closely with Fragonard, Van Loo and Boucher. He is credited with creating a new polychrome pencil etching process (vernis mou).
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