A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of portraits in miniature. Ficquet, Savart, Grateloup (1899)
Andrews, William Loring, 1837-1920 · New York [Dodd, Mead & Co.] · leaf 84
artist company. Thepicture was finished and already several proofs hadbeen taken, when Ficquet, who was not satisfiedwith it, defaced the plate with two strokes of hisburin. The nuns were in despair, but Ficquet be-gan again, and this time the portrait was completedto his satisfaction and that of… … •h <».,../,-„ Graff yarETicyttft ch Jjfy ET1ENNE FICQUET Another anecdote narrated by Ponce illustratesFicquets lack of prudence and business sagacity—those homely and practical virtues with which nochild of genius was ever known to be superabun-dantly endowed. He had succeeded to an…
Ficquet, Étienne, 1719-1794 · Savart, Pierre, b. 1737 · Grateloup, Jean Baptiste de, 1735-1817 · Engraving
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