Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Louis-Marin Bonnet was a painter and engraver, and as such, he invented one of the first color-printing methods with many matrices and with a pastel-like effect. In 1769, he published a treatise titled Le Pastel en gravure inventé, et execute par Louis Bonnet, about his new method. His workshop, in Rue St. Jacques since 1772, has produced many works of diverse quality from nearly perfect printed reproductions of masterpieces in pastel colors to genre scenes and illustrations, like the one in this study, realized under his direction and always in line with the new technique of the pastel manner. The work Le Petit-Maître is an amusing and typical 18th-century illustration in costume and probably the represented character is the protagonist of a 1734 comedy by Pierre de Marivaux.
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Etching, Pastel
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Etching, Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
Late 18th Century Old Masters Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Etching, Aquatint
20th Century Modern Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Etching
1990s Neo-Expressionist Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Etching, Aquatint
Early 1800s Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
1990s Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Paper, Etching
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Archival Paper, Etching
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Pastel, Etching
Late 18th Century Louis Marin Bonnet Prints and Multiples
Lithograph