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Engraving with period frame. French School. 18th-19th centur…
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Engraving with period frame. French School. 18th-19th centur…
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Estimate €250 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Engraving with period frame. French School. 18th-19th century.
Etching on paper. Measures 36 x 29 cm. A scene set in a prison, where several figures dressed in 18th-century fashion surround a kneeling central figure, illuminated with a delicate chiaroscuro that enhances the dramatic tension. The precision of the line, the restraint of the tones, and the careful rendering of fabrics and faces are characteristic of French academic engravings of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The work combines the rigor of the drawing with the narrative theatricality typical of Neoclassicism and historicist taste.
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About the sale
GRAND JUNE AUCTION HAUTE EPOQUE EUROPEAN AND COLONIAL FINE ART
Auction location
Auction time
06/17/2026 at 3:00 PM
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