French engraver Nicolas IV de Larmessin, son of an artist of the same name, was one of the last of the breed who carved plate with a chisel and devoted the same intelligence and talent to composition, detail, and spirit as contemporary painters and sculptors. This rendering of France’s last king to rule before the Revolution, Louis XV, shows the artist’s uncanny ability with burin and copperplate.
Portrait of a young Louis XV of France, c.1724, EngravingNicolas IV de Larmessin French (1684 - 1753) |
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French engraver Nicolas IV de Larmessin, son of an artist of the same name, was one of the last of the breed who carved plate with a chisel and devoted the same intelligence and talent to composition, detail, and spirit as contemporary painters and sculptors. This rendering of France’s last king to rule before the Revolution, Louis XV, shows the artist’s uncanny ability with burin and copperplate. |
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