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French artists: Pierre François Bertonnier
Pierre François Bertonnier (1791-1858)
A commemorative engraving depicting Marie Antoinette, was engraved by: Bertonnier.
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French artists: Louis Marin Bonnet
Louis Bonnet 1736-1793
Louis Marin Bonnet came from a family of artisans and was trained in the craft of engraving by his brother-in-law, the engraver Louis Legrand (1723-1808). Via Legrands connections in the art world, Bonnet became the pupil of Jean-Charles François. After a year of study, Bonnet and François invented the “crayon manner”. This was a engraving technique invented to imitate the look of a chalk drawing. In 1760, Bonnet was ready to set up his own shop. During this period he perfected the crayon manner by producing prints using several different plates, each inked with a different color. These were very valuable and labor intensive processes that where simplified later on. He also experimented with aquatint-like techniques designed to reproduce wash drawing.
Bonnet was considered one of the most significant representatives of engraving in the “pastel “manner. Engravings with mythological and gallant scenes, as well as portraits and nudes. He engraved after his friend Francois Boucher, Francois-Hubert Drouais and Jean-Baptiste Huet.
Works of Louis Marin Bonnet are part of the collections of many international museums.
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French Artists: Charles L. Lingée
Charles L. Lingée 1748-1819
L’ occupation, Lingee after Freudenberg, This engraving is one out of a suite of several prints, called: “Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle”.
The series was meant to educate people about the fashion, manners and morals of the wealthy. This one is from the first suite and deals mainly with costume and manners. In the lower left corner it reads: I. H. E. inv. S. Freudenberg del. On the right it reads: Lingee sculp. In the middle there is also an address in Paris and the date: 1774. The plate measures 43 x 29,5 cm. and is printed on laid paper. -
French Artists: Antoine Louis Romanet
Romanet 1742-1810 after Freudenberg
This is one of the customs and rituals gravures, Freudenberg, painter and engraver, produced for publisher Francois Prault. These plates where meant to educate the not so rich in the ways, fashion and etiquette of the happy few. The plates where not a big success because Freudenberg had no knowledge of the French high society customs. At one point, (1773) Freudenberg disappeared all together, thus never finishing the series. Some of these plates are finished by others in this case Romanet. The plate measures: 49.5 x 29,5 cm. and is printed on laid paper. Ca. 1770-1780.
this plate is sold 2020
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German Artists: Georg Wille
Johann Georg Wille 1715-1808
In his life Wille had many students, one of them being Sigmund Freudenberg.
Georg Wille Le petit physicien graveur par JG Wille, graveur du roi 1760
Georg Wille, born in Germany, moved later on in his life to France where he started his career as a very gifted copper engraver. He became very famous both in France as abroad, almost obtaining the status of a 18th century superstar. He became the house engraver for famous kings like Louis the 15th, Frederick the second and Frederick the Fifth of Denmark. Napoleon Bonaparte appointed him ‘night of the Legion of Honor’. In 1758, Jean was naturalized and became an French citizen.
He won many prizes and acknowledgements of his whole Ouvre. Because Wille had many contacts in Europe, he left a ton of historical information behind when his correspondence was published after his death and bundled in book. Some historians described him as a “network entrepreneur”.