Davoust
anonymous; veuve Delpech (Naudet)
in of na 1818 - in of voor 1842
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
187; 276
About this artwork
lithografie
Art Historical Context
**Davoust**, a striking lithograph produced by the workshop of *veuve Delpech (Naudet)*—likely the widow of French printer François Séraphin Delpech—dates to sometime around or after 1818 and before 1842. Created anonymously, this portrait measures 276 mm high by 187 mm wide, capturing its subject in a format ideal for dissemination through prints. Lithography, the medium here, was a revolutionary technique invented in the late 18th century, allowing artists to draw directly on limestone with greasy crayons for nuanced, tonal reproductions that mimicked drawing more closely than earlier method...