Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 114

Designed by FOUQUET, engraved by Gilles-Louis...

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Designed by FOUQUET, engraved by Gilles-Louis CHRÉTIEN (Versailles, 1754-Paris, 1811). Portrait of Augustin-Martin Lottin l'aîné (Paris, 1726-1793), bookseller and printer to the Duc de Berry (1760), the Dauphin (1765) and Louis XVI, to whom he taught printing, and a famous printing historian. Physionotrace engraved and watercolored on paper, line-cut. Gilded wood frame with pearl decoration, old identification on verso. (Rare.) Diam.: 5.5 cm (miniature) Diam.: 8.5 cm (frame) Expert : Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, member of SFEP.