Landrecy en Heynault, 1631
Gabriel Perelle
1635
- Medium
- Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 14.8 × 50 cm (5 7/8 × 19 11/16 in.); Plate: 16.4 × 50 cm (6 1/2 × 19 11/16 in.); Border: 54.4 × 20.5 cm (21 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 55 × 21.2 cm (21 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
Gabriel Pérelle's printmaking career, in the tradition of the Netherlandish landscape painter-etchers, dates to around 1635, when he received a critical commission to make a series of prints of Louis XIII's military conquests. With these works, he established his reputation for the accurate depiction of monuments and sites. He and his sons had a strong and active workshop, producing over 1,500 views of Rome, Paris, and Versailles, which were very popular and published well into the 18th century. Landrecy (now Landrecies) was a fortified village in northern France.
