Jean-Charles François (1717-1769), d'après Frédou (1710-1785 - Lot 264

Lot n° 264
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Jean-Charles François (1717-1769), d'après Frédou (1710-1785 - Lot 264
Jean-Charles François (1717-1769), d'après Frédou (1710-1785) Portrait of François Quesnay. 1767. Engraving in pencil style. 280 x 425 mm (with tablet 474). Beautiful and interesting print by François, inventor of an innovative technique realized with various tools (needles, roulette) and soft varnish. Intended to imitate the drawing, it prefigures the aquatint. The names of the artists are engraved with the point, and the author adds a typographed band glued, at the foot, overlapping the lower plate stroke. All margins. Average condition: rubbing, bending, dust, tears at the lower corners.
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