In black
BOUCHER François
FICHE 11844
(Paris 1703 - 1770)
Un frère carme
After Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684 - Nogent-sur-Marne 1721)
Plate 34 from Figures de Différents Caractères, Recueil Jullienne
Etching
1726 - 1728
A nice impression on laid paper, unidentified printmaker, inscription in the plate "J.au. S.[culpsit]"
The Recueil Jullienne, in which this plate is from, is due to the initiative of the rich businessman and amateur Jean de Jullienne (1686-1766) who, from 1723 approximately to 1735, gathered engravers and publishers to propose for sale nearly six hundred plates connected in four volumes, posthumous tribute to the genius of Antoine Watteau. The first two volumes Figures de Différents Caractères reproduce Watteau's drawings. The other two, designated under the title of Oeuvre gravé, reproduce the paintings and ornaments. rançois Boucher was the main engraver of the Figures de Différents Caractères.
Plate: 325 x 215 mm.
Sheet: 342 x 520 mm.
Condition: full margins, slight light-staining, slight foxing, handling creases.
