Amphitryon, Molière - Laurent Cars Sanguine Engraving after Boucher
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Original engraving in sanguine for Molière's Amphitryon, with Sosia and his lantern before the palace, after the title engraved at the foot (Amphitrion). It belongs to the series of thirty-three images by Laurent Cars after drawings by François Boucher.
Original engraving in sanguine for Molière's Amphitryon, with Sosia and his lantern before the palace, after the title engraved at the foot (Amphitrion). It belongs to the series of thirty-three images by Laurent Cars after drawings by François Boucher.
Laurent Cars (1699-1771), an Academician in 1733 and one of the best French engravers of the 18th century, cut these coppers for the Œuvres de Molière published in Paris in 1734, after drawings by François Boucher (1703-1770).
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in sanguine.
Artist / after: François Boucher (1703-1770).
Engraver: Laurent Cars (1699-1771).
Date: Copper of 1734; 19th-century impression by the Eudes press, Paris.
Source: Œuvres de Molière.
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.7 x 6.9 in (24.7 x 17.5 cm); sheet 14.4 x 9.8 in (36.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Foxing scattered in the margins and on the backing sheet; the image is clean.
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Original engraving in sanguine for Molière's Amphitryon, with Sosia and his lantern before the palace, after the title engraved at the foot (Amphitrion). It belongs to the series of thirty-three images by Laurent Cars after drawings by François Boucher.