Printing plate for The Tempest (Le Tempête), 1870-1875, Charles Amand-Durand; Artist: After Claude Gellée (called Le Lorrain), French, 1603–1682, 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( x cm) (image)5 15/16 x 7 3/4 in. ( x cm), Copper, France, 19th century, In the 1860s, Charles Amand-Durand perfected the process of heliogravure to produce extremely accurate facsimile reproductions of old master prints. At that time, Georges Duplessis (1834–1899) was the curator of prints at the Bibliothèque Nationale, and the two collaborated on a series of publications intended to disseminate images

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