"Aquatint Print 18th By Jean Baptiste Le Prince 1734 Engraved By Noel Le Mire 1724"
JEAN BAPTISTE LE PRINCE BORN IN 1734 is a French painter and engraver HE WAS A STUDENT OF FRANÇOIS BOUCHERHIS CELEBRITY EMANATES ESPECIALLY FROM ENGRAVING THANKS TO HIS INVENTION OF A NEW TYPE OF FORM AND HIS PERFECTION OF THE TECHNIQUE OF AQUATINTE WHO REPRODUCES THE WASHES OF SEPIA AND "BISTRE TO MISLEAD.
DENIS DIDEROT, WITNESS OF AQUATINTES OF THE PRINCE DURING A SALON EXHIBITION OF 1769 SAID:
THEY ARE TO MAKE ILLUSION, WE WOULD NEVER TAKE THEM FOR ENGRAVING"
ESPECIALLY ENGRAVED BY NOEL LE MIRE 1724 -1801 WHOSE CHISEL WAS FINE AND SPIRITUAL AND OF GREAT PERFECTION
THE PRESENT PRINT IS SIGNED BY THE PRINCE AND BY NOEL LE MIRE ENGRAVER
IT IS FRAMED IN A GOLDEN WOODEN FRAME
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