Eisen inv.
A Paris chez Basan [c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 130 x 80mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed along platemark top and bottom; glued to album sheet at corners; ms inscription bottom right.
Allegorical scene showing the virtues of painting revealed over time. Book illustration after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established.
[Ref: 44927]  £140.00