Lafont de St. Yenne - Original Etching by Léopold Flameng - 1859
By Léopold Flameng
Located in Roma, IT
Lafont de Saint-Yenne is an original black and white etching realized by Léopold Flameng.
This curious artwork, representing a French gentleman, art connesseur, admiring some architectural decoration; was published in "Gazette des Beaux Arts in 1859". A wonderful print, after a satirical drawing by Caylus.
In excellent conditions, including a cream cardboard passepartout, cm 38.5 x 28.5.
Léopold Flameng (1831, Brussels –1911, Courgent)
The French engraver, illustrator and painter is known for his etchings of works by Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Ingres and Delacroix. Flameng also illustrated several books on Paris and numerous literary works of classical and contemporary authors, including Boccaccio, Paul Scarron, Victor Hugo and François Coppée.
His first artistic studies were with Luigi Calamatta and Jean Gigoux. His skill as engraver was noticed by Charles Blanc and his collaboration in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts with fellow engraver Léon Gaucherel...
Category
Modern 1850s Art