French portrait engraving of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (1910)
Thomas, Thomas Head, 1881- · London : Bell · leaf 293
ken up by conflicting accents and excessivedetail; at times (in the Eisen for one) they are better in theunfinished etched state. Ficquet was said to have been 1 The best of these are Pierre Mignard and Charles de Valois dued% Angoulcme; other good ones are Rigaud, Rene Pucelle, Iabbe Prevost,J.-B.… … GRATELOUP 151 afflicted with myopia, which might explain certain faults inhis work. Ficquet was not alone in this custom of making smallcopies of former masterpieces. It was due to a new demandin the business of the printseller, that of portraits of grandshommes. Up to about the middle of the XVII…
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