St. Joseph and the Child - Original Lithograph by A. Deveria - Paris
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St. Joseph and the Child - Original Lithograph by A. Deveria - Paris

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An original lithograph with St. Joseph carrying the Child in his arms and the flowering rod of lilies, framed by a finely worked Gothic arcade, with an eastern landscape behind. Drawn on stone by Achille Deveria, published by the Maison Basset (rue Saint-Jacques, 64) and printed by Lemercier in Paris.

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An original lithograph with St. Joseph carrying the Child in his arms and the flowering rod of lilies, framed by a finely worked Gothic arcade, with an eastern landscape behind. Drawn on stone by Achille Deveria, published by the Maison Basset (rue Saint-Jacques, 64) and printed by Lemercier in Paris.

It makes a pair with the St. John the Baptist of the same devotional series. Achille Deveria (1800-1857) was one of the great lithographers of French Romanticism, and the Lemercier workshop the most important lithographic press in 19th-century Paris.

Medium: lithograph on paper
Artist / after: Achille Deveria
Lithographer: Lemercier press, Paris
Date: mid-19th century
Source: Maison Basset, rue Saint-Jacques, 64, Paris
Dimensions: 7.9 x 11.1 in (20 x 28.2 cm)
Condition: fair; paper lightly toned, with a small tear at the upper right corner, visible in the photograph

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