Jean-Louis Delignon
Jean-Louis Delignon belongs to the French engraving tradition of the late eighteenth century, a period when reproductive prints carried paintings and drawings to a wide audience. His burin work translates figure-driven mythological subjects into precise linear form, and Perseus and Andromeda stands as a representative example of that approach. The archive holds a single sheet by this artist, executed in engraving and dated 1787. That lone impression offers a compact point of entry into French printmaking of the 1780s.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
