Item features 18th-Century Graphic Entitled Winter by Antoine Watteau, Engraver: Nicolas Larmessin

18th-Century Graphic Entitled Winter by Antoine Watteau, Engraver Nicolas Larmessin

We present you this graphic made on the basis of a painting entitled Winter by a French painter, Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). The graphic has been made in the technique of etching by Nicolas de Lamessin (1684-1755). 

Antoine Watteau – French painter, drafter and engraver. Precursor and leading representative of the French Rococo, creator of a new painting genre called fête galante.

The artwork comes from graphic works by a friend of the painter, Jean de Julienne.
In the years 1726 and 1728, a 4-volume collection of the artist’s prints (the so-called Recueil de Julienne) was published, containing engravings based on paintings and drawings of the painter.

Descriptions under the graphic:

Inscription: left side, in the corner: A. Watteau pinxit.
Inscription: right side, in the corner: N. De Larmesin Sculp.
Inscription in the center: L'HIVER (Winter).
Gravé d'après le Tableau original peint par Watteau, haut de 1. pied 5. pouces et large de 1. pied 8. pouces.
(Engraved from the original Watteau’s painting, height: 1 foot and 5 inches, width: 1 foot and 8 inches.)
Inscription on the bottom, in the center: Du Cabinet de Mr. de Jullienne. / a Paris avec Privilégé.

The framing is modern, in passe-partout. The frame is in gold.

THE AUTHENTICITY (period of origin, type of material used in the manufacture) has been

confirmed by an expert in vintage

 and antique items.

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 origin, and the approximate date and place of the item manufacture.

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