Ancienne estampe de maître - FAMILLE - ENFANTS - INFIRMIÈRE - boutiques Huck - Fragonard - 1790

Product Name: Ancienne estampe de maître - FAMILLE - ENFANTS - INFIRMIÈRE - boutiques Huck - Fragonard - 1790
Date of Creation：Pre-1800 Listed By：Dealer or Reseller Subject：Figures Height (Inches)：19.69 Width (Inches)：22.83 Print Surface：Paper Type：Print Artist：Johann Gerhard Huck, Jean-Honore Fragonard Material：Mezzotint Year of Production：1790

LHEUREUSE FAMILLE.

Original master print, titled: LHeureuse Famille. It shows a man, woman and their four young children, as well as a nurse, gathered in their (sparsely furnished) room.

Made by Johann Gerhard Huck after Jean-Honore Fragonard.

Medium: mezzotint engraving / boutiques etching with hand colouring on wove paper.

Sheet size: 58 x 50 cm (22.83 x 19.69 inch). Image size: 53.5 x 46 cm. (21.06 x 18.11 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Cropped to the edge of the image, with added margins of verge paper. The caption below the plate preserved (although a little browned). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FAMILY-CHILDREN-NURSE | DP-A1-001-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Original antique master print. Our definition of a Master Print is a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Huck after a painting by Fragonard. This print was published by Victor Pretre, in c.1790.

Biography engraver: Johann Gerhard Huck (1759-1811) was a German mezzotint engraver and artist. He started training at 14, and moved to England at the age of 23, where he worked for the renowned Valentine Green.

Biography artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) was a French painter and printmaker who worked in the late Rococo style..