Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802) Ducreux Calling for Silence (The Discreet One). 1791. Etching. 210 x 293 [284 x 412 mm]. Baudicour 3; I.F.F. 3; V. Carlson et al., *Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715–1814*, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984, p. 296. A very fine print on heavy white laid paper, with slight ripples resulting from the printing process. Small hole in the lower margin. A few small foreign particles on the surface of the paper. Beautiful margins. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075). There is a painting of the same subject (Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas), also dated 1791.
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€1,200 - €1,500
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31.8%
Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802)
Ducreux Calling for Silence (The Discreet One). 1791. Etching. 210 x 293 [284 x 412 mm]. Baudicour 3; I.F.F. 3; V. Carlson et al., *Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715–1814*, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984, p. 296. A very fine print on heavy white laid paper, with slight ripples resulting from the printing process. Small hole in the lower margin. A few small foreign particles on the surface of the paper. Beautiful margins. AABM stamp (Lugt 3075).
There is a painting of the same subject (Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas), also dated 1791.
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