Antique Master Print-PARTRIDGE-FAMILY-Huet-Huet Fils-ca. 1800

About this Item

Antique print, titled: 'Famille de Perdrix', a Partridge family. Etching, line and crayon style engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Description: From a unknown series of birds. Artists and Engravers: Made by Huet Fils after Jean-Baptiste Huet. Nicolas Huet the Younger (1770-1830), aka Nicolas Huet II / le Jeune / fils, was a French natural history illustrator, son of Jean-Baptiste Huet. Jean-Baptiste Huet (Paris 1745-1811) was a French painter, engraver and designer associated with pastoral and genre scenes of animals in the Rococo manner. He was influenced by Francois Boucher. Huet was born into a family of artists - his uncle was Christophe Huet, his father Nicolas Huet - and apprenticed to Charles Dagomer. In 1764 Huet entered the studio of Jean-Baptiste le Prince, where he further developed his printmaking skills. Condition: Very good, given age. Margins a little soiled. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: TPCLA-B1-01 The overall size is ca. 20.7 x 15.7 inch. The image size is ca. 18.2 x 12.8 inch. The overall size is ca. 52.6 x 40 cm. The image size is ca. 46.3 x 32.5 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Antique Master Print-PARTRIDGE-FAMILY-Huet-Huet Fils-ca. 1800
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