"man In The Hat" By Alfred Duriau (prix De Rome)

Late 19th/early 20th century engraving, signed lower right, after the painting by Jacques Louis David, held at the Antwerp Museum.
Overall dimensions, including margins: 72 cm x 54.5 cm
Sold unframed.
Good condition - some foxing in the margins.
Alfred Duriau (1877–1958) was a painter, draftsman, and engraver. He grew up at the Academy where his mother had been the caretaker since 1888. He trained at the Academy of Mons; in engraving under Emil Motte, in drawing under Antoine Bourlard, and in painting under Emile Motte (1890–1896). He also worked in the studios of Bonnat and Eugène Carrière in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1906 and spent two years in Rome. A renowned engraver, he had a particular fondness for landscapes, still lifes, panoramas of Mons, figures, and portraits. He also produced engravings after works by other masters. He was a professor at the Academy of Mons from 1912 to 1947. His works are in the Mons Museum. In 1906, he won the first Grand Prix de Rome for engraving; the work that earned him the prize was a figure of a nude man brandishing an arrow. From his subsequent stay in Rome, Duriau brought back large views of the city, executed in drypoint.
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