Art Institute of Chicago
View of the Port of St.Paul, Paris
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
- Date
- 1784
- Medium
- Etching and engraving printed in color from at least four plates on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Gouache views of Paris were very popular in the 1780s, and color prints emulating them became highly marketable. This rare proof is one of the most expensive of such views offered at the height of the market, in 1784.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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