Prints; a brief review of their technique and history (1914)
Richter, Emil Heinrich, 1869- · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 188
her noted painters and occasionaletchers, infinitely more clever in the designthan in the actual etching. The plate chosenfor illustration, called Le Bouvier, is themost famous of his prints; in it we perceive(provided we see a fine early impression) therich tonal effect, the sense of airiness,… … FRANCE in the seventeenth century is especially no-table in portrait engraving. Germany haslost its leadership in the graphic arts; thegreat days of Italian engraving are likewiseover, though Italy continues a source of in-spiration to painters of all nations, she canadd no vital, helpful impulse…
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