Description Medium: Etching and engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 38.2 x 50.1 cm (15.04 x 19.72 inch). Image size: 33.3 x 44.2 cm. (13.11 x 17.4 inch). Condition: very good, given age. Light age toning and foxing; strong impression. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE, JACQUES FIRMIN BEAUVARLET, FRENCH ENGRAVING, GENRE SCENE, 18TH CENTURY, SENTIMENTAL ART, MOTHERHOOD | PCO-EXPO (FRENCH) BACKGROUND INFORMATION Published in Paris by Beauvarlet, Rue Saint Jacques. Based on a drawing in the Damery Collection. Reference: IFF 50; Smith 155; Louvre inv. 6367 LR; BM 1917,1208.1287. Biography engraver: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (1731?1797) was a French engraver known for his elegant and expressive reproductive engravings. He frequently collaborated with painters like Greuze and Boucher, and also published prints. Biography artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725?1805) was a French painter and draughtsman known for his moralizing genre scenes and sentimental depictions of family life. He was a major figure in pre-Revolutionary academic art.
