Diverse schetsen
1842
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
487; 315
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
**Diverse Schetsen** by Victor Adam, created in 1842, is a captivating lithography measuring 315 mm high by 487 mm wide. Victor Adam (1801–1865), a French artist, was renowned for his lively depictions of everyday Parisian life, theater scenes, and military subjects the Romantic era. This, translating to "Diverse Sketches," likely compiles a variety of quick, expressive drawings on a single sheet—a common format for showcasing an artist's versatility and spontaneity. Lithography, the medium here, revolutionized 19th-century printmaking with its planographic technique, allowing artists like Ad...
About the Artist
Victor Adam · 1801–1866
Victor Adam was born in Paris in 1801 and built a prolific and commercially successful career as one of the leading lithographers and illustrators of nineteenth-century France. He received a conventional academic training in painting, but it was the new medium of lithography — still in its first decades of widespread use when Adam came of age — that provided the ideal vehicle for his gifts: a faci...