ENGRAVING THE SETTING MONUMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL COSTUME OF THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
ANTOINE JEAN DUCLOS, BY JOHANN HEINRICH EBERTSSIGMUND FREUDENBERGER 18EME GR DESPLACES LOUIS BOSSE.
This engraving is 18th century, it is entitled "Le Coucher" by J.H.E engraver Sigmund Freudeberg, etched by Duclos and finished with a chisel by Louis Bosse. The work is part of a series entitled "Monument of Physical and Moral Costume from the end of the Eighteenth Century" Jean-Henri Eberts, born in 1726 and died in 1793, is a French banker, art dealer and engraver . In the 1770s, Eberts was well aware of the importance of fashion design in Paris and the international influence it exerted. He imagined creating a series of prints, intended for the collection, describing in annual deliveries the clothing fashion, the living environment and the occupations of the elegant Parisians he encountered on a daily basis. He designed twelve scenes following the course of a coquette's day, wrote the texts and entrusted the creation of the engravings to the young Sigmund Freudenberger, known as Freudeberg. The First Suite of Prints to be used in the history of manners and costume in France in the 18th century appeared in 1775. Louis Des places (1683-1739), was an interpretive engraver using burin and etching French. Louis Bosse French engraver active in the 1770s, relatively little known. The engraving is pitted in places, the frame is also 18th century, it is pitted and there are frictions and gaps. Sold uncleaned as is. For the condition, please detail the photos. Feel free to zoom in. The photos are an integral part of the description. Dimensions: frame Height: 42 cm Width: 32.5 cm Engraving Height: 32 cm Width: 22.5 cm I remain at your disposal for any questions.