Perseus and Andromeda, 1762, François-Philippe Charpentier; Artist: after Carle Vanloo, French, 1734 - 1817, 14 1/4 x 19 3/8 in. (36.2 x 49.21 cm) (sheet, trimmed within platemark), Etching and aquatint printed in brown (from two plates), France, 18th century, A 1762 advertisement in a Paris paper announced, 'Monsieurs Charpentier and Floding, authors of a new manner of engraving which imitates wash perfectly, are releasing six prints in this taste.' Perseus and Andromeda was among the first aquatints they published. It reproduces a drawing by Carle Vanloo, First Painter to the King (Premier Peintre du Roi). To make his aquatints, Charpentier reportedly built a special machine that was largely funded by a Swedish drawing collector, Count Carl Gustav Tessin.
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