1800S FIRMIN BOUVY SIGNED Engraving In a Gothic-Vaulted Communal Cell FRAMED COA$339.00
1800S FIRMIN BOUVY SIGNED Engraving In a Gothic-Vaulted Communal Cell FRAMED COA
$339.00
Artist: Firmin Bouvy (Belgian, 1822-1891)
Title: The Prison-Group
Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original oil on canvas by master engraver David Joseph Desvachez (French, 1822-1902).
Year: 1857
Signature: Signed in the plate
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image size 8 x 9 7/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
In a Gothic-vaulted communal cell, a group of prisoners seated upon the straw have congregated around a male figure dressed in black, who relates a story to the others. A guard, identifiable by his breastplate and helmet, has joined the small party and kneels, apparently about to strike the teller of the tale, causing the group to cower away in fear. Interspersed around the cell, some of the inmates stand apart from the others or can be seen slumped against the stone walls.
Firmin Bouvy (active 1845) was born in Deynze, a town situated south of Ghent. Primarily a painter of portraits, figures and interiors, Bouvy studied at the Antwerp Academy, where this original work was painted. Having emigrated to San Francisco in the 1870s, the artist spent the remainder of his life in the United States.
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