Hercules brengt Alcestis terug uit de onderwereld
Louis Desplaces
1715
Medium
etching
Dimensions
459; 340
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 459 mm x breedte 340 mm
About the Artist
Louis Desplaces · 1682–1739
**Louis Desplaces (1682–1739)** was a prominent French engraver and skilled draughtsman, born and died in Paris. Active from 1702 to 1739, he trained in the school of Gérard Audran, the renowned engraver whose precise and supple burin technique profoundly influenced Desplaces's own style. This classical foundation positioned him as a masterful reproductive engraver, bridging the meticulous 17th-ce...