Ontvoering van Europa
Louis Desplaces
1692 - 1739
Medium
etching
Dimensions
418; 462
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 418 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden) x breedte 462 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden)
About the Artist
Louis Desplaces · 1682–1739
**Louis Desplaces (1682–1739)** was a prominent French engraver and skilled draughtsman, born and died in Paris. Active from 1702 to 1739, he trained in the school of Gérard Audran, the renowned engraver whose precise and supple burin technique profoundly influenced Desplaces's own style. This classical foundation positioned him as a masterful reproductive engraver, bridging the meticulous 17th-ce...