Joseph de Longueil
Joseph de Longueil belongs to the tradition of French reproductive printmaking, working chiefly in etching and engraving to carry painted and drawn compositions into the medium of print. His subjects tend toward the gallant and the gently amorous, as the title Dangerous Caresses suggests, rendered with the fine linear control typical of eighteenth-century engraving. The archive holds a single sheet by his hand, an etched and engraved impression that stands as the collection's sole representative of his work. Visitors interested in the graphic afterlives of French art will find in it a compact example of his craft.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
