Description

Victor Focillon (1849-1918)

Victor Focillon : The chaste Suzanne

Etching

Size of the sheet : H. 267 mm x W. 190 mm – Size at the watermark : H. 235 mm x W. 190 mm.

Interpretation etching after the oil painting of Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) made in 1839. Proof on laid paper. Printed by A. Lemercier. Published by the magazine L’Artiste, a French illustrated weekly magazine published from 1831 to 1904, renowned for publishing quality prints and writers.

Victor Louis Focillon (Dijon, 1849 – 1918, Lyon) was a French engraver. He is the father of the art historian Henri Focillon (1881-1943).

Condition : traces of mounting on the back