Portret van Jean-François Ducis
Henri Grévedon
1825
Medium
lithography
Dimensions
329; 500
About this artwork
blad: hoogte 500 mm x breedte 329 mm
Art Historical Context
Henri Grévedon’s *Portret van Jean-François Ducis*1825) is a lithograph capturing the likeness of the esteemed French poet and dramatist-François Ducis (1733–1816). Measuring 500 mm high by 329 mm wide, this sheet-sized print exemplifies the early 19th-century fascination with portraiture, likely created posthumously to honor Ducis’s legacy. Grévedon, a prominent French artist known for his elegant lithographic works, renders the subject with a refined sensitivity, highlighting Ducis’s thoughtful expression against a simple backdrop. Lithography, the medium here, revolutionized printmaking af...