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Four Scenes of Village Life
Charles Melchior Descourtis, c. 1788 - c. 1790
While the aquatint etchings on the right are printed in a single colour, the technique used for these four prints employs an entire range of colours. The etcher Descourtis made five plates for each print: one for each colour of ink. By printing the plates in black, yellow, blue, red and carmine on top of each other, he integrated each image into a brilliant entity.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-2015-55-3-1
- Dimensionsheight 275 mm x width 385 mm
- Physical characteristicsaquatint in kleuren, gedrukt van meerdere platen; proefdruk vóór de letter