VEUE PERSPECTIVE ET INTERIEURE DE LA GALERIE 1720s Bernard Picart ETCHING

Original circa. 1720s 18 inch x 21 1/2 inch Etching and Engraving titled VEUE PERSPECTIVE ET INTERIEURE DE LA GALERIE (PERSPECTIVE AND INTERNAL VIEW OF THE GALLERY)

Engraved by Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733). An exceptional French eighteenth century engraver, Bernard Picart received his artistic education from his father, Etienne (1632-1721), and from Le Brun and Jouvenet at the Royal Academy. At the age of sixteen he gained honors at the Academy of Paris. He moved permanently to Amsterdam in 1710, at a time when this city was a major center for both publishing and printmaking.
Picart excelled chiefly in the fields of portraiture, ornamental designs and mythological and religious subjects, both after the old masters and upon his own creation.

After the painting by Eustache Le Sueur (1617 - 1655). A French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting.

The etching is in good condition with a 2 inch tear at the top, a few other short edge tears, general age-related toning and minor defects from handling.