Original etching with the self-portrait of Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819), French engraver and painter, shown at his work table with the needle in his hand, among framed prints and engraver's tools. It carries the number "Nº 1" at the upper right corner.
Original etching with the self-portrait of Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819), French engraver and painter, shown at his work table with the needle in his hand, among framed prints and engraver's tools. It carries the number "Nº 1" at the upper right corner.
Duplessis-Bertaux was one of the most active engravers of Revolutionary and Imperial France: a good part of the scenes in the Tableaux historiques de la Révolution française are his, along with numerous battle subjects. The numbering suggests that this etching opened a suite by the artist himself.
Medium: Etching on paper.
Artist / after: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux (1747-1819).
Date: circa 1800.
Dimensions: 3.0 x 4.0 in (7.5 x 10.2 cm).
Condition: The image is well preserved, firmly inked. Sheet trimmed very close to the engraved border and paper lightly toned.