Pierre François Courtois
Pierre François Courtois belongs to the tradition of European printmaking, working above all in etching and engraving and drawing his subjects from classical mythology. His sheets are valued for their careful handling of line and their close attention to narrative detail. The archive holds a single example of his work, the mythological scene Venus and Aeneas, reproduced here as an etching and engraving. Because the Met does not specify a date for this sheet, the collection makes no claim about the period of printing and leaves open the possibility of impressions up to a later date.
1 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
