Hanson, Jean-Joseph Lot n° 38

HANSON, Jean-Joseph 2 landscapes with villages on top of hills and trees in the foreground. 18th c Wash drawings, grey ink, 20 x 32 cm, laid paper, both signed. Stuck by corners under passepartout. Hanson (Liège 1731-1769) was a dialectical poet, engraver and the official painter (only 1 painting known) of the cathedral St-Lambert of Liège. He is best known for his quite conventional but vaguely romantic engravings. Ref. Piron, Maurice.- "Jean-Jospeh Hanson, peintre, graveur et poète liégeois du XVIIIe s." in Bulletin de la société des bibliophiles liègeois. Liège, 1976, t. XXII, pp. 47-80. Prov. [Georges Petit].