Auguste DELIERRE
La Fontaine, fables, Le Cerf et la Vigne. Eau forte originale sur papier Vergé
A. Quantin|Paris 1883|22 x 31.50 cm|une feuille
Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le cerf et la Cigne" ["The Stag and the Swan"].
Very handsome condition, presented in a modern black mount and protected by tissue guard. Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, the dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le cerf et la Cigne" ["The Stag and the Swan"].
Very handsome condition, presented in a modern black mount and protected by tissue guard. Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, the dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by
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