Vos met poot in val en opvliegende zwaan en eenden bij water

About this artwork

Schenking van mevrouw M.L. van Hoorn, Amsterdam, mevrouw H.C. van Hoorn, Amsterdam en de heer P.H.Th. van Hoorn, Amsterdam

About the Artist

Gilles Demarteau · 1729–1776

Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...