The Deluge
Print
1802 (made)
1802 (made)
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This is a rather rare engraving after a very famous painting; The Deluge also titled Winter, executed by Nicolas Poussin in 1660-64 and in the Louvre. The painting is part of a cycle of the four seasons and was extensively copied between the 17th and the 19th century.
Pierre Laurent (1739-1809) was a significant French engraver who specialised in the production of landscapes after such masters as Boucher, Berchem and De Loutherbourg. He was the author with Robillard-Peronville of the Musée Français, an album of plates recording the French national collection of paintings, sculptures and bas-reliefs, published in Paris, 1803-1809.
Pierre Laurent (1739-1809) was a significant French engraver who specialised in the production of landscapes after such masters as Boucher, Berchem and De Loutherbourg. He was the author with Robillard-Peronville of the Musée Français, an album of plates recording the French national collection of paintings, sculptures and bas-reliefs, published in Paris, 1803-1809.
Object details
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| Title | The Deluge (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Aquatint on paper |
| Brief description | Print, The Deluge by Pierre Laurent after Nicolas Poussin, French school, 1802 |
| Physical description | Rocky landscape flooded by water with, at right, two figures in a small boat, trying to rescue a baby, a mountain in the background and lightning in a gloomy sky |
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| Summary | This is a rather rare engraving after a very famous painting; The Deluge also titled Winter, executed by Nicolas Poussin in 1660-64 and in the Louvre. The painting is part of a cycle of the four seasons and was extensively copied between the 17th and the 19th century. Pierre Laurent (1739-1809) was a significant French engraver who specialised in the production of landscapes after such masters as Boucher, Berchem and De Loutherbourg. He was the author with Robillard-Peronville of the Musée Français, an album of plates recording the French national collection of paintings, sculptures and bas-reliefs, published in Paris, 1803-1809. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.292-2013 |
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| Record created | June 14, 2013 |
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