Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)
View of Port St. Bernard
INV-2087
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820)
after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807)1784
View of Port St. Bernard
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820) after Pierre Antoine de Machy (French, 1723-1807) →etchingprint
Date
1784
Medium
Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 40.5 × 61.9 cm (16 × 24 3/8 in.); Sheet: 48.6 × 65.4 cm (19 3/16 × 25 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Given in memory of William McCallin McKee
Gouache views of Paris were very popular in the 1780s, and color prints emulating them became highly marketable. This rare proof is one of the most expensive of such views offered at the height of the market, in 1784.
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