Nicolas de Larmessin III
Nicolas de Larmessin III belongs to the French printmaking tradition of the eighteenth century, working primarily in etching and engraving on subjects drawn from portraiture and illustrated literature. Two sheets in this archive represent that practice, among them a portrait of Maréchal de Lowendal and a plate from the Suite d'Estampes Nouvelles for the Tales of La Fontaine, known as Le Calandrier des Vieillards. Both impressions rely on the same combination of etching and engraving, the standard division of labour in period print production.
2 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
