A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup (1899)
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ions. But theengravers have truly made plates of copper yieldimages as closely resembling skies as the absence ofcolor and feebleness of arts light may admit of;they have done more than suggest, they have repre-sented. Stipple—au pointille. This is a very directand comparatively easy process, which… … ~^*t6ri*f ■j/uart /?tnjrir IiJ-;n.iamix We st Esq^ INTRODUCTION etching ground and afterwards increased in sizewith the graver as the shading requires—and theyare quite as often executed entirely with the graver,frequently with minute cuts in different groupings.Stipple engraving is said to have…
Ficquet, Étienne, 1719-1794 · Savart, Pierre, b. 1737 · Grateloup, Jean Baptiste de, 1735-1817 · Engraving
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