Joseph Vernet
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 41.3 x 30.3 cm (16 1/4 x 11 15/16 in.) sheet: 47.4 x 35.2 cm (18 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John O'Brien
Accession Number
1991.23.7
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Louis-Jacques Cathelin after Louis Michel Van Loo
**Louis-Jacques Cathelin (1738–1804) was a French engraver renowned for his delicate and precise portrait engravings that captured the likenesses of Enlightenment-era figures.** Born in Paris, he trained under the celebrated engraver Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, becoming one of his most accomplished pupils. Cathelin specialized in small-scale portraits of historical personages, literary figures, and ...