Portraits : line engravings by Nanteuil and other distinguished engravers (1916)
M. Knoedler & Co · New York : M. Knoedler & Co. · leaf 10
s. 1623(25?)-1678. The greatest, and most original, of the Frenchportrait engravers. Gerard £delinck. Antwerp, Paris. 1643 ?-8o. Antoine Masson. Loury, Paris. 1636-1700. Of the same period, and in his best work almostequal to the best of the French engravers, was theEnglish portrait engraver… … Plate 2. This extremely delicate style is better suited forminiature portrait, of which Etienne Ficouet (Paris ;1719-94) is the best representative in the eighteenthcentury. The eighteenth century showed an attempt to revivereproductive engraving in the classical style. Thechief representative of…
