In black
BOUCHER François et AUDRAN Jean
FICHE 12111
(Paris 1703 - 1770) and (Lyon 1667 - 1756 Paris)
Figures de Différents Caractères from Recueil Jullienne
Plates 25 and 26
After Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684 - Nogent-sur-Marne 1721)
Etchings
1726 - 1728
A nice impression on laid paper.
The Recueil Jullienne, in which these plates are 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: 164 x 103 mm.
Sheet: 342 x 520 mm.
Condition: full margins. Slight light- and time- staining.
