Etienne-Barthelemy GARNIER 1800s Etching “The cheerful Monk” FRAMED SIGNED COA$264.00
Etienne-Barthelemy GARNIER 1800s Etching “The cheerful Monk” FRAMED SIGNED COA
$264.00
Artist: Etienne-Barthelemy Garnier (French, 1834-1894)
Title: A Monk’s Fun
Medium: Antique Etching on Laid paper after the original by master etcher Benjamin Louis Auguste Damman (French, 1835-1921).
Year: 1891
Signature: Signed in the plate
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image Size 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 19 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier was a French painter of historical subjects. Grandson of François Garnier, cabinet-maker, son of Pierre Garnier, cabinet-maker, born in Paris, he studied art under Joseph-Marie Vien. He received second prize in the Prix de Rome of 1787 and first in 1788 with a painting on the subject The Death of Tatius, beating Louis Girodet. He lived in Rome until 1793. He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1816. He exhibited a large number of History Paintings on classical and religious themes in the neo-classical manner. His painting Éponine et Sabinus, 1810, was exhibited at the 1810 Salon and again in 1814, when it was acquired by Louis XVIII. In 1824 he delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Girodet.
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