GILLES DEMARTEAU
1722 Liege - 1776 Paris
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Le Satyre Amoureux [The Satyr in Love] - c.1770
 
Chalk-manner etching and engraving in red and black inks after Jacques-Philippe Caresme (French, 1732 -1796). Size of sheet: 23.5 x 30 cm. Inscribed: “Peint et dessiné par Caresme Peintre du Roi/A Paris ches Demarteau Graveur et Pensionnaire du Roi, rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche/Gravé par Demarteau No. 542”.
 
Leymarie, 1896, No.542; IFF 6:542.
 
Very fine impression with strong colours printed on heavy laid paper with margins around the platemark. Slight browning of paper on the back of the sheet; otherwise in excellent condition. 
 
Comparative impressions: Bibliotheque Nationale de France – Inv. FRBNF44547760; Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne – Inv. 890.30.4.