Name: Rare-Antique Master Print-FLIPART-GREUZE-PORTRAIT-Flipart-Greuze-1763
SKU: PICTURA-10309
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Rare-Antique Master Print-FLIPART-GREUZE-PORTRAIT-Flipart-Greuze-1763

€275.00

‘JEAN B.TE GREUZE / PEINTRE DU ROY / EN SON ACAD. R.LE DE PEINT. ET SCULPT.RE / DESSINE PAR LUI MEME’

– Profile portrait of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, head turned to the right, in oval with a ribboned inscription tablet below. Engraved by Jean-Jacques Flipart after a self-portrait by Greuze. Paris, 1763.

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Description

Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Coat of arms fragment.

Sheet size: 14.4 x 20.7 cm (5.67 x 8.15 inch). Image size: 14.4 x 20.7 cm. (5.67 x 8.15 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing. Clean impression with sharp lines and good contrast. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE, JEAN-JACQUES FLIPART, 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ENGRAVING, ACADEMIE ROYALE, ARTIST PORTRAIT, SELF-PORTRAIT ENGRAVING, 1763 | PCO-E22-05

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Engraved and published by Jean-Jacques Flipart in Paris, 1763. Based on a self-portrait by Greuze.

Reference: Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 24; IFF 127.II; Firmin-Didot 753.

Biography engraver: Jean-Jacques Flipart (1719?1782) was a French engraver and son of Jean-Charles Flipart. He produced detailed engravings of religious, historical, and portrait subjects, including works after Boucher, Coypel, and Greuze.

Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725?1805) was a French painter known for his genre scenes and portraits, often moralizing in tone. He was associated with the Academie Royale and appointed Peintre du Roi.