Ontvoering van Helena van Troje door Paris
Louis Desplaces
ca. 1737
Medium
etching
Dimensions
367; 419
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 240
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...