By Léopold Flameng
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Léopold Flameng (French, 1831-1911)
Title: "Porte-Enseigne (Sign Holder)"
Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1866
Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Printer: Alfred Salmon, Paris, France
Publisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Reference: Sanchez/Seydoux 1866-19
Sheet size: 10.63" x 7.13"
Image size: 7.75" x 5.75"
Condition: Light toning to sheet. Some surface marks and small areas of discoloration. In good condition
Notes:
This etching is after a painting by French artist Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard (1825-1902). Printed in sanguine. Partial unidentified watermark right center edge.
This etching was published by Gazette des Beaux-Arts. The Gazette des Beaux-Arts was a French art review, found in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as its first chief editor. Assia Visson Rubinstein was chief editor under the direction of George Wildenstein from 1928 until 1960. Her papers, which include all editions of the Gazette from this period, are intact at the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne in Dorigny. The Gazette was a world reference work on art history for nearly 100 years - one other editor in chief, from 1955 to 1987, was Jean Adhémar. It was bought in 1928 by the Wildenstein family, whose last representative was Daniel Wildenstein, its director from 1963 until his death in 2001. The review closed in 2002.
Biography:
Léopold Flameng (22 November 1831, Brussels – 5 September 1911, Courgent) was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. He was born of French parents. 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 helped ensure the publication's reputation. He eventually provided one hundred illustrations. He was a medallist at the Exposition Universelle (1878) and was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1898 .
Known for his etchings of works by Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Ingres and Delacroix, he illustrated several books on Paris and numerous literary works of classical and contemporary authors, including Boccaccio, Paul Scarron, Victor Hugo and François Coppée. He had numerous students, including his son, François Flameng...
Category
1860s Old Masters Léopold Flameng Art
MaterialsLaid Paper, Etching, Intaglio
