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Landrecy en Heynault, 1631

Gabriel Pérelle

Date

c. 1635

Medium

Etching on ivory laid paper

Culture

Hainaut province

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Gabriel Pérelle's printmaking career, in the tradition of the Netherlandish landscape painter-etchers, dates to around 1635, when he received a critical com­mission to make a series of prints of Louis XIII's military conquests. With these works, he established his reputation for the accurate depiction of monuments and sites. He and his sons had a strong and active workshop, producing over 1,500 views of Rome, Paris, and Versailles, which were very popular and published well into the 18th century. Landrecy (now Landrecies) was a fortified village in northern France.

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