Venus in de smidse van Vulcanus
Louis Desplaces
1713 - 1739
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
322; 439
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: 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...