Detailed 1800s J. J. SCHERRER Antique Print “Consequences of War” FRAMED COA$319.00
Detailed 1800s J. J. SCHERRER Antique Print “Consequences of War” FRAMED COA
$319.00
Artist: Jean-Jacques Scherrer (1855–1916)
Title: And I, too, was the idol of the people
Medium: Antique print after the original.
Year: c. 1890
Signature: Signed in the plate, lower right.
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image Size 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
During the French Revolution Duval d’Espremenil, a distinguished public officer, was assassinated by the mob and carried to the Palais Royal. To his friend Petion, the Mayor of Paris, who had come to see him, the dying man said, “And I, too, Petion, was the idol of the people.” His terrified wife bends over him weeping.
Jean-Jacques Scherrer was born in Lutterbach in Alsace, Scherrer was brought up by his uncle following the death of his father when he was only 6 years old. After leaving school, he worked at the Haeffley factory in Pfastatt where his talent for drawing was noticed by one of the directors. In 1871, after the Treaty of Frankfurt he chose French nationality and moved to Paris where he was taught by Pierre-Jules Cavelier in the studio of Félix-Joseph Barrias. Barrias encouraged him to continue his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts where he came under the guidance of Alexandre Cabanel, whose academic style he closely followed.
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