Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin
Chevalier Ignace Joseph de Claussin belongs to the tradition of reproductive printmaking, working above all in etching to carry earlier masterpieces into new contexts. His subjects are drawn from the art of the past, and the example gathered here, a copy after Rembrandt showing the painter with his wife, makes that retrospective orientation plain. The archive currently holds a single sheet by him, executed in etching and dated by the Met to 1786; should further impressions surface, they would represent later printings of that same year rather than new compositions.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
