Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-MADAME DE LA FAYETTE-AUTHOR-Ferdinand-Benoist-1788

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SKU:
71877
Condition:
Used
Availability:
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Artist:
J. L. Benoist
Subject:
Portrait
Size:
Small
Time Period Produced:
1750-1799
Signed:
Yes
Framing:
Unframed
Image Orientation:
Landscape
Medium:
Mezzotint
Color:
Black & White
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Description: Published in the set "Galerie Universelle des hommes .." between 1787-1789. Madame de la Fayette.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'J. L. Benoist' after 'Ferdinand'. J. L. Benoist was active around 1790-1820.

Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'La comtesse de la Fayette.' - Portrait of the author Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, better known as Madame de La Fayette, also known as Lafayette, was a French novelist of noble birth. Her most famous work, La Princesse de Clèves, has pioneered a new literary subgenre, the psychological novel.

Condition: Good, given age. Ample margins, some browning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20 x 26 cm. The image size is ca. 20 x 26 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.9 x 10.2 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 10.2 inch.

Medium: Mezzotint on laid paper. Watermark: Circle with IHS

Location: TPCLA-C57-25

SKU: 71877

Section: LATPC-TEMPLATE-123