Original French Antique Collectible Very Rare Historical Museum Quality Genuine Artifact: La Chasse (The Hunt) by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Handcrafted Copperplate Colored Lithography, circa 18th Century - Paris, France - Engraving with etching Artwork

The Artwork Title: L A CHASSE (The Hunt)

This artwork was produced by artist: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, a celebrated well known French engraver, who was born at Abbeville in 1731. His family moved to Paris at his early age, where he received exclusive education and training in the Arts by famous French scholar Charles Dupuis and French designer and engraver Laurent Cars. Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet died in 1797 in Paris, France.

A color engraving by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet attributed after a painting of Francois Boucher's, (French classical décor painter 1703 – 1770 Paris) "La Chasse".

Features a rendering of a young man and two women in a garden, hiding behind bushes beside the statue of two putti, setting traps and baiting a bird. Finished with an amazing scenic landscape backdrop centered at a sculptured structure.

Inscriptions and Marks:

- Left lower corner under the image marked: Boucher Pinxit 1er Plre du Roi 
- Right lower corner under the image marked: Beauvarlet Direxit

v The lower left plate inscribing:
Tirc, du Cabinet de Monsieur
Ecuier, Conseiller et
A’Paris ches Bauvarlet, rue du petit
v The lower right plate inscribing:
Vassal de St hubert
Fermier Général du Roy
bourbon attenant la Foire St German
Approx. Frame Measures: 15¾” x 11¾” x 1” inch
Approx. Image measures: 13¼” x 9½” inch
Similar Lithography Artworks can be seen at Harvard Art Museums,
Cambridge, MA

In Great for its very old age Condition! The wooden old frame has visible damage, chip, and cracks as shown on the attached pictures, but I believe can be restored as a fun project, if desired; the print shows normal for its very old age soft doomed colors, dusty with mild discoloration, but has no physical damage. Frame with protective glass. Wonderful vintage age patina with its natural rusting affect. This is what gives this piece original historical personality and character! This Lithography Print is in good antique vintage presentable condition!

This rare antique wonderful engraving artwork will make a great addition to your collection!

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