Vue de l'Isle Barbe au milieu de la Saone au dessus de Lyon prise du côté du Couchant
| Reference: | S31770 |
| Author | Jaques Philippe Le BAS |
| Year: | 1780 ca. |
| Measures: | 770 x 560 mm |
€500.00
| Reference: | S31770 |
| Author | Jaques Philippe Le BAS |
| Year: | 1780 ca. |
| Measures: | 770 x 560 mm |
€500.00
Description
A view of the island of Barbe in the middle of the Saone river in France, with people arriving by boat from either bank and promenading. c.1780.
Etching and engraving by Pietro Antonio Martini e Jacques Philippe Le Bas.
Jaques Philippe Le BAS (Parigi 1707 - 1783)
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Painter, draftsman and printmaker. In Paris he rirected a famous engraving school, and he was the founder of gravure libre, ie "original engraving", as opposed to engravings made by professionals copying someone else's design. Major engraver and entrepreneur, active c.1727-1783, with a large workshop from which many of the major French engravers emerged. Main biographical source is a ms life by Joullain fils prefixed to his Oeuvre in the BN (long extracts quoted by Portalis & Béraldi). 'Agréé' at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts (1735) then 'reçu' (1743). Collaborated as publisher with Poignant (q.v.).
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Jaques Philippe Le BAS (Parigi 1707 - 1783)
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Painter, draftsman and printmaker. In Paris he rirected a famous engraving school, and he was the founder of gravure libre, ie "original engraving", as opposed to engravings made by professionals copying someone else's design. Major engraver and entrepreneur, active c.1727-1783, with a large workshop from which many of the major French engravers emerged. Main biographical source is a ms life by Joullain fils prefixed to his Oeuvre in the BN (long extracts quoted by Portalis & Béraldi). 'Agréé' at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts (1735) then 'reçu' (1743). Collaborated as publisher with Poignant (q.v.).
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