Mercury Delivers the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs Bénigne Gagneraux This rare and impressive print characteristic of Gagneraux's elegant neoclassical style. Trained in Dijon, he won the prix-de-Rome and left in 1779 for Italy, where he would spend the remainder of his career. His contemporaries in Rome included Mengs, Sergel, Fuseli, Canova, and David. While line engravings would be popularized by Flaxman and others, Gagneraux was among the first to adopt this manner of printmaking. This impression is a proof impression, with drawing in graphite indicating where the artist intended
Mercury Delivers the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs Bénigne Gagneraux This rare and impressive print characteristic of Gagneraux's elegant neoclassical style. Trained in Dijon, he won the prix-de-Rome and left in 1779 for Italy, where he would spend the remainder of his career. His contemporaries in Rome included Mengs, Sergel, Fuseli, Canova, and David. While line engravings would be popularized by Flaxman and others, Gagneraux was among the first to adopt this manner of printmaking. This impression is a proof impression, with drawing in graphite indicating where the artist intended to further work the Mercury Delivers the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs. Bénigne Gagneraux (French, Dijon 1756–1795 Florence). Etching, proof impression, partly reworked in graphite. Prints
Size: 3779px × 2875px
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